1961 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Hawthorn v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1961 between Hawthorn and Melbourne in the second semi final of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG.
Graham Arthur captained the hosts with John Peck as vice-captain.
Ron Barassi captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.
Hawthorn (12.8.80) defeated Melbourne (11.7.73).
Match Details
Season:
1961 VFL Season
Round:
Second Semi Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
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Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 9 September 1961
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
87,744
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 2 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 8 | (80) |
| Melbourne | 5 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 5 | 11 | . | 7 | 11 | . | 7 | (73) |
| Margin | MELB by 19 | MELB by 6 | HWTH by 3 | HWTH by 7 | HWTH by 7 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Graham ArthurVice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy
Melbourne
Captain: Ron BarassiCoach: Norm Smith
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 2 | Arthur, Graham (c) | RR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 4 | Browne, Morton | HFFR | ? | 2 | ? |
| 32 | Connell, Kevin | FPL↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 10 | Cooper, Graham | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Edwards, Brendan | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Fisher, John | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Hay, Phil | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Hay, Sted | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Hill, Malcolm | FPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Kaine, Les | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Law, Ian | RO | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | McArthur, John | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | McPherson, Cam | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Mort, Ian | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Nalder, Ron | SUB↑ | ? | 2 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John (vc) | FF | ? | 4 | ? |
| 29 | Poole, Reg | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Winneke, John | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Young, Garry | CHF | ? | 2 | ? |
| 30 | Youren, Colin | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 8 | |||
R. Nalder replaced K. Connell at three-quarter-time.
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 31 | Barassi, Ron (c) | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 19 | Carroll, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Collins, Mike | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 16 | Johnson, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Johnson, Tassie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Johnson, Trevor | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Kenneally, Bryan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Laidlaw, Clyde | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 1 | Leslie, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Lord, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Mann, Hassa | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 33 | Miller, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Mithen, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 38 | Nilsson, Ray | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 24 | Ridley, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 18 | Roet, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Rowarth, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 26 | Thorogood, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Tunbridge, Geoff | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 10 | Turner, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 11 | 7 | |||
Legend
ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Hawthorn | Coach: John Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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| 11 | M. Hill | 23 | J. Peck (vc) | 32 | K. Connell | 2 | G. Arthur (c) | 3 | R. Nalder | ||||||
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| 4 | M. Browne | 31 | G. Young | 14 | I. Mort |
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| 26 | C. McPherson | 28 | J. McArthur | 20 | S. Hay |
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| 10 | G. Cooper | 1 | L. Kaine | 29 | R. Poole |
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| Melbourne | Coach: Norm Smith | ||||||||||||||