Match Recap
Round 3·Tue, 25-Apr-1961 2:30 PM·Windy Hill·32,000 att.
Essendon
8.9 (57)
vs
Melbourne
11.16 (82)
Melbourne won by 25

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon3.1 (19)5.5 (35)5.7 (37)8.9 (57)8.9 (57)
Melbourne3.4 (22)5.6 (36)8.11 (59)11.16 (82)11.16 (82)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#11 John Birt1
#14 Russell Blew
#12 Barry Capuano
#1 Jack Clarke
#32 Barry Davis2
#3 Bob Dunlop
#8 Ron Evans2
#20 Ted Fordham
#22 Ken Forge
#23 Ken Fraser1
#4 Col Hebbard
#26 Alf King
#30 Geoff Leek
#31 Hugh Mitchell1
#17 George Moloney1
#34 Brian Sampson
#9 Greg Sewell
#5 David Shaw
#10 Ian Shelton
#25 Ken Timms

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 Frank Adams2
#31 Ron Barassi
#9 Brian Dixon
#28 Terry Gleeson
#8 Tassie Johnson
#14 Trevor Johnson
#22 Bryan Kenneally
#35 Clyde Laidlaw1
#21 Brian Leahy
#4 John Lord
#29 Hassa Mann1
#34 Len Mann2
#33 Robert Miller
#32 George Milner
#11 Laurie Mithen
#20 Graeme Pinfold
#24 Ian Ridley4
#2 Alan Rowarth1
#26 Ian Thorogood
#23 Geoff Tunbridge