Victorian Football Association

Season 1961

 

Link to Full Season Division One Results (includes quarter scores, best players, goalkickers and more)

Link to Full Season Division Two Results (includes quarter scores, best players, goalkickers and more)

 

 

Division One | Division Two

 

Division One

 

Final ladder

 

1961

Club

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Moorabbin

16

6

0

1870

1501

124.6

64

2

Yarraville

14

8

0

1887

1580

119.4

56

3

Sandringham

14

8

0

1988

1704

116.7

56

4

Williamstown

13

9

0

1794

1569

114.3

52

5

Oakleigh

12

10

0

2022

1882

107.4

48

6

Port Melbourne

11

11

0

2015

1823

110.5

44

7

Coburg

10

11

1

1789

1802

99.3

42

8

Brunswick

9

13

0

1653

1916

86.3

36

9

Mordialloc

7

15

0

1564

1983

78.9

28

10

Box Hill

3

18

1

1454

2276

63.9

14

 

Total

109

109

2

18036

18036

 

440

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

9/09/1961

Williamstown

4-1

7-2

8-5

12-7

79

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance: 11000

 

Sandringham

5-3

5-4

8-5

9-8

62

Result: Williamstown

Gate: 1173 pounds

 

Second Semi-Final

16/09/1961

Yarraville

1-2

4-5

10-9

13-14

92

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance: 8000

 

Moorabbin

1-4

5-9

6-9

8-14

62

Result: Yarraville

Gate: 724 pounds

 

Preliminary Final

23/09/1961

Williamstown

4-2

7-11

11-13

14-17

101

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance: 10000

 

Moorabbin

5-2

8-4

11-5

15-7

97

Result: Williamstown

Gate: 987 pounds

 

Grand Final

30/09/1961

Yarraville

6-1

8-2

19-6

22-7

139

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance: 20000

 

Williamstown

1-0

5-6

6-7

11-10

76

Result: Yarraville

Gate: 2372 pounds

 

 

 

1961 premiers (Division One): Yarraville

 

 

Division Two

 

Final ladder

 

1961

Club

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Northcote

16

2

0

1738

985

176.4

64

2

Dandenong

14

4

0

1729

1251

138.2

56

3

Preston

11

7

0

1728

1193

144.8

44

4

Camberwell

9

9

0

1666

1530

108.9

36

5

Prahran

9

9

0

1388

1422

97.6

36

6

Waverley

8

10

0

1603

1559

102.8

32

7

Sunshine

5

13

0

1554

1606

96.8

20

8

Brighton

0

18

0

761

2621

29.0

0

 

Total

72

72

0

12167

12167

 

288

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

19/08/1961

Camberwell

2-7

5-17

10-21

15-24

114

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance:

 

Preston

4-2

6-6

7-6

8-9

57

Result: Camberwell

Gate:

 

Second Semi-Final

26/08/1961

Northcote

2-1

6-3

8-4

13-7

85

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance:

 

Dandenong

3-5

4-8

6-11

8-13

61

Result: Northcote

Gate:

 

Preliminary Final

2/09/1961

Dandenong

5-2

11-8

14-12

18-15

123

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance:

 

Camberwell

7-2

10-3

14-8

17-10

112

Result: Dandenong

Gate:

 

Grand Final

9/09/1961

Northcote

2-1

5-8

8-13

12-15

87

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance: 10000

 

Dandenong

2-8

3-12

6-15

9-18

72

Result: Northcote

Gate: 829 pounds

 

 

1961 premiers (Division Two): Northcote

 

 

Divisional Play-Off

 

Divisional Play-off Match

16/09/1961

Dandenong

3-5

4-9

9-16

13-19

97

Venue: Dandenong

Attendance: 3000

 

Mordialloc

5-4

8-6

14-10

18-12

120

Result: Mordialloc

Gate: 194 pounds

Outcome: Mordialloc and Dandenong remained in their respective divisions for 1962.

 

 

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Author: Andrew Robinson (contact: andrew at elitetograssroots dot net)
First created: 8 September 2012
Last updated: 28 March 2016

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