Match Recap
Round 5·Sat, 13-May-1961 2:20 PM·Glenferrie Oval·31,000 att.
Hawthorn
9.21 (75)
vs
Essendon
12.4 (76)
Essendon won by 1

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Hawthorn1.5 (11)6.9 (45)8.14 (62)9.21 (75)9.21 (75)
Essendon2.1 (13)6.1 (37)8.3 (51)12.4 (76)12.4 (76)

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Graham Arthur
#6 Ron Cabble
#32 Kevin Connell2
#9 Brendan Edwards2
#5 John Fisher
#22 Phil Hay2
#20 Sted Hay
#11 Malcolm Hill
#17 Bill Joiner
#1 Les Kaine
#7 Ian Law2
#28 John McArthur
#26 Cam McPherson
#14 Ian Mort
#3 Ron Nalder
#23 John Peck1
#27 Roy Simmonds
#12 John Winneke
#31 Garry Young
#30 Colin Youren

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#11 John Birt2
#14 Russell Blew
#12 Barry Capuano
#1 Jack Clarke3
#32 Barry Davis
#36 Paul Doran2
#3 Bob Dunlop2
#28 Alec Epis
#22 Ken Forge
#23 Ken Fraser
#4 Col Hebbard
#30 Geoff Leek
#31 Hugh Mitchell3
#17 George Moloney
#34 Brian Sampson
#9 Greg Sewell
#5 David Shaw
#10 Ian Shelton
#19 John Somerville
#25 Ken Timms