1960 VFL Grand Final
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The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week. It was the 64th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1960 VFL season. The match, attended despite the conditions by 97,457 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 48 points, marking that club's 11th premiership victory.
Collingwood’s score stands as the lowest it has kicked since the sixth round of 1900,[1] and its sixth-lowest ever. Their four scoring shots is the second-lowest by any team since the tenth round of 1908, with only Fitzroy against Footscray in 1953 having fewer. Even the two goals the Magpies did score were regarded as very lucky. One was from a long kick that just made the distance, and the other was after an easy mark by Melbourne full back Tassie Johnson was dropped in the goal square.[2]
This was Melbourne's seventh premiership appearance in successive seasons, having won all these contests except the 1954 VFL Grand Final and 1958 VFL Grand Final.
Teams
| Melbourne | |||
| B: | 30 John Beckwith | 8 Tassie Johnson | 14 Trevor Johnson |
| HB: | 7 Geoff Case | 4 John Lord | 26 Ian Thorogood |
| C: | 9 Brian Dixon | 11 Laurie Mithen | 22 Bryan Kenneally |
| HF: | 23 Geoff Tunbridge | 35 Clyde Laidlaw | 29 Hassa Mann |
| F: | 16 Bob Johnson | 2 Alan Rowarth | 6 Frank 'Bluey' Adams |
| Foll: | 34 Len Mann | 31 Ron Barassi (c) | 24 Ian Ridley |
| Reserve(s): | 21 Brian Leahy | 38 Ray Nilsson | |
| Coach: | Norm Smith | ||
| Collingwood | |||
| B: | 16 Ron Reeves | 27 Peter Rosenbrock | 25 Mick Twomey |
| HB: | 29 Kevin Rose | 21 Bill Thripp | 5 Mike Delanty |
| C: | 4 Brian Gray | 10 John Henderson | 12 Errol Hutchesson |
| HF: | 11 Ken Turner | 1 Murray Weideman (c) | 20 Brian Beers |
| F: | 28 Graeme Fellowes | 8 Ray Willett | 19 Keith Burns |
| Foll: | 13 Ray Gabelich | 32 Barry Harrison | 30 Ron O'Dwyer |
| Reserve(s): | 6 Ian Brewer | 37 Bert Chapman | |
| Coach: | Phonse Kyne | ||
- Umpire: Jack Irving
Scoreboard
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 4.3 | 5.7 | 7.11 | 8.14 (62) |
| Collingwood | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 (14) |
Statistics
Goalkickers
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Melbourne:
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Collingwood:
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References
- AFL Tables: 1960 Grand Final
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
- ↑ Lowest Scores
- ↑ “Melbourne Proves It Greatness”, in The Age, 27 September 1960, p. 24
