1961 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured eighteen rounds. Collingwood Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. St Kilda Reserves were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1961 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 113

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Neil Mann
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Reserves MCG Roy McKay
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves Punt Road Oval Dick Harris
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: St Kilda Reserves
Runners-Up: Geelong Reserves
Minor Premiers: Collingwood Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 15 -0- 3 60 159.6% 1,588 995 221 262 132 203
Geelong Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 128.6% 1,307 1,016 185 197 138 188
Footscray Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 127.0% 1,284 1,011 173 246 140 171
St Kilda Reserves 4th 11 -2- 5 48 114.3% 1,257 1,100 171 231 153 182
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 11 -1- 6 46 108.8% 1,283 1,179 174 239 165 189
Melbourne Reserves 6th 11 -0- 7 44 115.7% 1,342 1,160 189 208 159 206
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 7 -0- 11 28 83.2% 1,113 1,338 154 189 181 252
Richmond Reserves 8th 6 -1- 11 26 71.6% 949 1,325 128 181 182 233
Essendon Reserves 9th 6 -0- 12 24 89.8% 1,253 1,395 174 209 192 243
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 12 24 86.7% 1,222 1,409 167 220 195 239
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 14 16 78.6% 1,153 1,467 157 211 204 243
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 14 16 74.5% 1,039 1,395 140 199 192 243

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
St Kilda Reserves 1st Premiers
Geelong Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood Reserves 3rd Defeated by St Kilda Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Footscray Reserves 4th Defeated by St Kilda Reserves (Semi Final)
Hawthorn Reserves 5th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1961 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 84
SAT 15/04/1961 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 48 - 64
SAT 15/04/1961 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 96 - 76
SAT 15/04/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 41 - 52
SAT 15/04/1961 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) Punt Road Oval 49 - 88
SAT 15/04/1961 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Junction Oval 77 - 37

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 208.1% 77 37
Footscray Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 179.6% 88 49
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 150.0% 84 56
Collingwood Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 133.3% 64 48
Essendon Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 126.8% 52 41
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 126.3% 96 76
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 79.2% 76 96
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 78.8% 41 52
Geelong Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 75.0% 48 64
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 66.7% 56 84
Richmond Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 55.7% 49 88
Carlton Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 48.1% 37 77

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1961 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 62 - 109
SAT 22/04/1961 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 92 - 38
SAT 22/04/1961 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 50 - 67
SAT 22/04/1961 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 81 - 49
SAT 22/04/1961 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 94 - 49
SAT 22/04/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 60 - 46

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 181.4% 156 86
Footscray Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 172.4% 169 98
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 169.5% 178 105
St Kilda Reserves 4th 2 -0- 0 8 165.5% 144 87
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 113.0% 165 146
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 95.8% 136 142
Essendon Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 94.4% 102 108
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 85.3% 145 170
Geelong Reserves 9th 0 -0- 2 0 75.8% 94 124
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 67.7% 90 133
Carlton Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 53.2% 99 186
Richmond Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 48.3% 87 180

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1961 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 76 - 69
SAT 29/04/1961 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 111 - 34
SAT 29/04/1961 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 51 - 96
SAT 29/04/1961 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Glenferrie Oval 76 - 90
SAT 29/04/1961 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) Punt Road Oval 80 - 62
SAT 29/04/1961 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 68 - 112

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 222.5% 267 120
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 175.6% 274 156
Footscray Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 136.8% 238 174
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 114.9% 255 222
St Kilda Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 106.5% 212 199
Geelong Reserves 6th 1 -0- 2 4 107.3% 206 192
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 89.2% 198 222
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 85.0% 221 260
Essendon Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 75.0% 153 204
Richmond Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 69.0% 167 242
Carlton Reserves 11th 1 -0- 2 4 68.6% 175 255
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 50.8% 124 244

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1961 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 68
SAT 06/05/1961 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 46 - 65
SAT 06/05/1961 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 68 - 72
SAT 06/05/1961 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 60 - 79
SAT 06/05/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Arden Street Oval 66 - 63
SAT 06/05/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 47 - 62

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 200.0% 332 166
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 142.1% 334 235
St Kilda Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 112.4% 291 259
Footscray Reserves 4th 2 -0- 2 8 118.8% 284 239
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 2 -0- 2 8 103.4% 300 290
Essendon Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 82.7% 225 272
Richmond Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 81.9% 235 287
Carlton Reserves 8th 2 -0- 2 8 78.5% 237 302
Geelong Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 103.8% 274 264
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 87.1% 284 326
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 86.3% 245 284
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 3 4 61.9% 190 307

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1961 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 74 - 73
SAT 13/05/1961 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 65 - 47
SAT 13/05/1961 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Glenferrie Oval 92 - 90
SAT 13/05/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 79 - 65
SAT 13/05/1961 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) Punt Road Oval 62 - 62
SAT 13/05/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 55 - 47

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 5 -0- 0 20 169.9% 406 239
St Kilda Reserves 2nd 3 -1- 1 14 110.0% 353 321
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 127.0% 381 300
Richmond Reserves 4th 2 -1- 2 10 85.1% 297 349
Footscray Reserves 5th 2 -0- 3 8 112.6% 331 294
Geelong Reserves 6th 2 -0- 3 8 109.0% 339 311
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 8 102.5% 373 364
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 90.6% 300 331
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 90.4% 376 416
Essendon Reserves 10th 2 -0- 3 8 86.5% 315 364
Carlton Reserves 11th 2 -0- 3 8 79.3% 302 381
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -0- 3 8 72.3% 269 372

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1961 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 98 - 42
SAT 20/05/1961 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Brunswick Street Oval 50 - 91
SAT 20/05/1961 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) Punt Road Oval 21 - 86
SAT 27/05/1961 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 71 - 84
SAT 27/05/1961 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 71 - 53
SAT 27/05/1961 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 52 - 52

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 6 -0- 0 24 158.1% 490 310
St Kilda Reserves 2nd 3 -2- 1 16 108.6% 405 373
Geelong Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 128.0% 425 332
Melbourne Reserves 4th 3 -0- 3 12 117.0% 434 371
Footscray Reserves 5th 3 -0- 3 12 115.9% 402 347
Essendon Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 101.7% 413 406
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 85.3% 360 422
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 2 -1- 3 10 91.5% 428 468
Richmond Reserves 9th 2 -1- 3 10 73.1% 318 435
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 2 -0- 4 8 93.0% 423 455
Carlton Reserves 11th 2 -0- 4 8 80.2% 373 465
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -0- 4 8 79.7% 342 429

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1961 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 111 - 40
SAT 03/06/1961 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 66 - 54
SAT 03/06/1961 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Glenferrie Oval 85 - 72
SAT 03/06/1961 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 86 - 104
SAT 03/06/1961 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 74 - 71
SAT 03/06/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 65 - 56

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 7 -0- 0 28 171.7% 601 350
Geelong Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 3 16 127.2% 491 386
St Kilda Reserves 3rd 3 -2- 2 16 106.5% 476 447
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 4 -0- 3 16 88.0% 434 493
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 3 -1- 3 14 95.0% 513 540
Footscray Reserves 6th 3 -0- 4 12 110.4% 456 413
Melbourne Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 109.5% 520 475
Essendon Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 87.6% 453 517
Carlton Reserves 9th 3 -0- 4 12 86.6% 477 551
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 3 -0- 4 12 83.9% 407 485
Richmond Reserves 11th 2 -1- 4 10 75.0% 390 520
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 5 8 92.1% 479 520

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1961 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Brunswick Street Oval 96 - 93
SAT 10/06/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 57 - 75
SAT 10/06/1961 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 45 - 38
MON 12/06/1961 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 36 - 64
MON 12/06/1961 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 100 - 54
MON 12/06/1961 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 82 - 80

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 157.6% 681 432
Geelong Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 127.8% 566 443
St Kilda Reserves 3rd 4 -2- 2 20 107.4% 521 485
Footscray Reserves 4th 4 -0- 4 16 119.1% 556 467
Melbourne Reserves 5th 4 -0- 4 16 108.5% 602 555
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 86.4% 491 568
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 3 -1- 4 14 88.6% 567 640
Richmond Reserves 8th 3 -1- 4 14 81.7% 454 556
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 93.8% 575 613
Essendon Reserves 10th 3 -0- 5 12 89.1% 546 613
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 5 12 84.0% 445 530
Carlton Reserves 12th 3 -0- 5 12 83.4% 513 615

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1961 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 94 - 63
SAT 17/06/1961 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 74 - 90
SAT 17/06/1961 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) Western Oval 86 - 48
SAT 17/06/1961 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 72 - 50
SAT 17/06/1961 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) Punt Road Oval 63 - 60
SAT 17/06/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 57 - 85

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 8 -0- 1 32 156.6% 775 495
Geelong Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 129.4% 638 493
Footscray Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 124.7% 642 515
Melbourne Reserves 4th 5 -0- 4 20 112.3% 687 612
St Kilda Reserves 5th 4 -2- 3 20 100.9% 584 579
Richmond Reserves 6th 4 -1- 4 18 83.9% 517 616
Carlton Reserves 7th 4 -0- 5 16 87.5% 603 689
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 4 -0- 5 16 87.3% 551 631
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 3 -1- 5 14 86.7% 617 712
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 3 -0- 6 12 89.1% 623 699
Essendon Reserves 11th 3 -0- 6 12 88.2% 620 703
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 6 12 81.6% 502 615

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1961 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 123 - 52
SAT 24/06/1961 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 81 - 69
SAT 24/06/1961 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Glenferrie Oval 80 - 68
SAT 24/06/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 43 - 90
SAT 24/06/1961 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) Punt Road Oval 63 - 95
SAT 24/06/1961 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 64 - 60

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 9 -0- 1 36 164.2% 898 547
Geelong Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 127.9% 719 562
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 118.6% 777 655
St Kilda Reserves 4th 5 -2- 3 24 101.4% 648 639
Footscray Reserves 5th 5 -0- 5 20 121.2% 702 579
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 4 -1- 5 18 89.4% 697 780
Richmond Reserves 7th 4 -1- 5 18 81.6% 580 711
Essendon Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 93.3% 715 766
Carlton Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 87.3% 671 769
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -0- 6 16 82.4% 594 721
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 7 12 88.7% 692 780
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 7 12 75.1% 554 738

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1961 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 79 - 72
SAT 01/07/1961 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 63 - 92
SAT 01/07/1961 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 85
SAT 01/07/1961 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Glenferrie Oval 78 - 51
SAT 01/07/1961 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 92 - 32
SAT 01/07/1961 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 61 - 104

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 151.8% 949 625
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 126.5% 869 687
Geelong Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 123.4% 791 641
St Kilda Reserves 4th 6 -2- 3 28 103.2% 733 710
Footscray Reserves 5th 6 -0- 5 24 123.7% 794 642
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 5 -1- 5 22 93.3% 775 831
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 5 -0- 6 20 89.3% 698 782
Carlton Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 89.2% 750 841
Richmond Reserves 9th 4 -1- 6 18 76.2% 612 803
Essendon Reserves 10th 4 -0- 7 16 90.7% 778 858
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 8 12 88.2% 763 865
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 8 12 73.0% 615 842

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1961 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 32 - 59
SAT 08/07/1961 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 38 - 49
SAT 08/07/1961 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 51 - 48
SAT 08/07/1961 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 45 - 21
SAT 08/07/1961 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 62 - 22
SAT 08/07/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 34 - 71

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 9 -0- 3 36 146.4% 987 674
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 131.3% 931 709
Geelong Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 123.7% 840 679
St Kilda Reserves 4th 7 -2- 3 32 106.7% 792 742
Footscray Reserves 5th 7 -0- 5 28 126.5% 839 663
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 6 -1- 5 26 97.8% 846 865
Essendon Reserves 7th 5 -0- 7 20 91.5% 829 906
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 89.6% 746 833
Carlton Reserves 9th 5 -0- 7 20 86.9% 782 900
Richmond Reserves 10th 4 -1- 7 18 74.6% 633 848
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 9 12 84.7% 785 927
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 9 12 71.1% 649 913

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1961 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 28 - 48
SAT 15/07/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 51 - 83
SAT 15/07/1961 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) Punt Road Oval 34 - 71
SAT 22/07/1961 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 62
SAT 22/07/1961 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 77 - 53
SAT 22/07/1961 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 79 - 73

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 10 -0- 3 40 149.4% 1,058 708
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 132.8% 979 737
Geelong Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 125.3% 917 732
St Kilda Reserves 4th 8 -2- 3 36 106.9% 871 815
Footscray Reserves 5th 8 -0- 5 32 129.1% 922 714
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 6 -1- 6 26 95.7% 874 913
Essendon Reserves 7th 5 -0- 8 20 91.6% 902 985
Carlton Reserves 8th 5 -0- 8 20 87.3% 844 967
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 87.0% 797 916
Richmond Reserves 10th 4 -1- 8 18 72.6% 667 919
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 9 16 86.1% 852 989
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 10 12 70.9% 702 990

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1961 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 96
SAT 29/07/1961 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 75 - 57
SAT 29/07/1961 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 64 - 62
SAT 29/07/1961 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 69 - 62
SAT 29/07/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 45 - 117
SAT 29/07/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 61 - 62

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 156.0% 1,175 753
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 131.2% 1,048 799
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 123.6% 981 794
Footscray Reserves 4th 9 -0- 5 36 129.3% 997 771
St Kilda Reserves 5th 8 -2- 4 36 106.1% 933 879
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 7 -1- 6 30 100.6% 970 964
Richmond Reserves 7th 5 -1- 8 22 74.4% 729 980
Essendon Reserves 8th 5 -0- 9 20 91.5% 964 1,054
Carlton Reserves 9th 5 -0- 9 20 86.5% 901 1,042
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 5 -0- 9 20 81.5% 842 1,033
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 10 16 83.2% 903 1,085
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 11 12 72.5% 763 1,052

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1961 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 108 - 90
SAT 05/08/1961 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 80 - 47
SAT 05/08/1961 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 77 - 89
SAT 05/08/1961 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 97 - 61
SAT 05/08/1961 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) Punt Road Oval 93 - 60
SAT 05/08/1961 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 57 - 55

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 12 -0- 3 48 156.9% 1,255 800
Geelong Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 122.8% 1,070 871
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 128.9% 1,103 856
St Kilda Reserves 4th 9 -2- 4 40 106.0% 990 934
Footscray Reserves 5th 9 -0- 6 36 122.7% 1,044 851
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 8 -1- 6 34 104.1% 1,067 1,025
Richmond Reserves 7th 6 -1- 8 26 79.0% 822 1,040
Carlton Reserves 8th 6 -0- 9 24 89.1% 1,009 1,132
Essendon Reserves 9th 5 -0- 10 20 91.1% 1,041 1,143
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 5 -0- 10 20 79.9% 903 1,130
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 11 16 81.7% 963 1,178
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 12 12 73.5% 853 1,160

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1961 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 52 - 72
SAT 12/08/1961 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 43 - 70
SAT 12/08/1961 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Brunswick Street Oval 53 - 128
SAT 12/08/1961 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 75 - 35
SAT 12/08/1961 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 55 - 109
SAT 12/08/1961 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 130 - 42

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 13 -0- 3 52 162.1% 1,383 853
Geelong Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 127.3% 1,179 926
St Kilda Reserves 3rd 10 -2- 4 44 114.8% 1,120 976
Footscray Reserves 4th 10 -0- 6 40 126.3% 1,119 886
Melbourne Reserves 5th 10 -0- 6 40 120.0% 1,158 965
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 9 -1- 6 38 106.5% 1,137 1,068
Richmond Reserves 7th 6 -1- 9 26 73.8% 864 1,170
Carlton Reserves 8th 6 -0- 10 24 88.1% 1,061 1,204
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 6 -0- 10 24 82.5% 975 1,182
Essendon Reserves 10th 5 -0- 11 20 89.4% 1,084 1,213
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 12 16 77.8% 1,016 1,306
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 13 12 71.9% 888 1,235

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1961 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 103 - 77
SAT 19/08/1961 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 85 - 36
SAT 19/08/1961 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Glenferrie Oval 76 - 62
SAT 19/08/1961 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 82 - 111
SAT 19/08/1961 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 90 - 81
SAT 19/08/1961 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 80 - 104

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 14 -0- 3 56 159.8% 1,486 930
Geelong Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 131.4% 1,264 962
Footscray Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 127.1% 1,230 968
St Kilda Reserves 4th 10 -2- 5 44 112.4% 1,182 1,052
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 10 -1- 6 42 107.3% 1,213 1,130
Melbourne Reserves 6th 10 -0- 7 40 115.2% 1,240 1,076
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 7 -0- 10 28 84.3% 1,065 1,263
Richmond Reserves 8th 6 -1- 10 26 71.7% 900 1,255
Essendon Reserves 9th 6 -0- 11 24 91.9% 1,188 1,293
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 11 24 87.1% 1,138 1,307
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 13 16 78.6% 1,097 1,396
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 14 12 72.3% 968 1,339

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1961 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 84 - 102
SAT 26/08/1961 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 65 - 102
SAT 26/08/1961 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 71
SAT 26/08/1961 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 54 - 43
SAT 26/08/1961 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) Punt Road Oval 49 - 70
SAT 26/08/1961 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 75 - 48

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 15 -0- 3 60 159.6% 1,588 995
Geelong Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 128.6% 1,307 1,016
Footscray Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 127.0% 1,284 1,011
St Kilda Reserves 4th 11 -2- 5 48 114.3% 1,257 1,100
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 11 -1- 6 46 108.8% 1,283 1,179
Melbourne Reserves 6th 11 -0- 7 44 115.7% 1,342 1,160
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 7 -0- 11 28 83.2% 1,113 1,338
Richmond Reserves 8th 6 -1- 11 26 71.6% 949 1,325
Essendon Reserves 9th 6 -0- 12 24 89.8% 1,253 1,395
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 12 24 86.7% 1,222 1,409
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 14 16 78.6% 1,153 1,467
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 14 16 74.5% 1,039 1,395

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1961 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 73 - 81
SAT 09/09/1961 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 76 - 76
SAT 16/09/1961 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 56 - 71

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1961 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 70 - 87

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1961 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 46 - 56