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Hawthorn vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 23-Sep-1961
Final Grand Final
Hawthorn logo
Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy
94 13.16
51 7.9
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Hawthorn by 43 HAW by 43
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Hawthorn

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

9 Brendan Edwards — · Position unavailable 26 Cam McPherson — · Position unavailable 30 Colin Youren — · Position unavailable 31 Garry Young — · Position unavailable 2 Graham Arthur — · Position unavailable 10 Graham Cooper — · Position unavailable 7 Ian Law — · Position unavailable 14 Ian Mort — · Position unavailable 19 John Cunningham — · Position unavailable 5 John Fisher — · Position unavailable 28 John McArthur — · Position unavailable 23 John Peck — · Position unavailable 12 John Winneke — · Position unavailable 1 Les Kaine — · Position unavailable 11 Malcolm Hill — · Position unavailable 4 Morton Browne — · Position unavailable 22 Phil Hay — · Position unavailable 29 Reg Poole — · Position unavailable 3 Ron Nalder — · Position unavailable 20 Sted Hay — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

12 Alex Gardiner — · Position unavailable 30 Barney McKellar — · Position unavailable 38 Barry Ion — · Position unavailable 29 Bernie Lee — · Position unavailable 8 Bob Spargo — · Position unavailable 4 Bob Ware — · Position unavailable 9 Cameron McDonald — · Position unavailable 28 Charlie Evans — · Position unavailable 5 Charlie Stewart — · Position unavailable 17 Graham Ion — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Bryant — · Position unavailable 24 Jack Slattery — · Position unavailable 23 John Hoiles — · Position unavailable 25 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 15 John Quarrell — · Position unavailable 14 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 6 Keith Beamish — · Position unavailable 16 Ken Duff — · Position unavailable 2 Merv Hobbs — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
HAW2.41.56.64.194
FTS4.21.31.11.351

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Morton BrowneHAW
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

HAWFTS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals7
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Hawthorn beat Footscray by 43 points, 94–51.

Hawthorn extended a 27-point three-quarter-time lead with a 25–9 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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