1960 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1960 Victorian Football League season January 2020 October 2011 1960 VFL 50px 8.14 (62) 50px 2.2 (14) MEL COL 4.3 (27) 5.5 (35) 7.12 (54) 8.14 (62) 0.0 (0) 1.0 (6) 2.0 (12) 2.2 (14) 24 September 1960 97,457 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1959 1961 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 63rd 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 round 6, 1900,Lowest Scores and its sixth-lowest ever. Their four scoring shots is the second-lowest by any team since round 12, 1908 (the lowest being Fitzroy in round 5, 1953). 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.Beames, P., "Melbourne Proves It Greatness: Already Favored for Next Year", The Age, (Monday, 26 September 1960), p.24. 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 _red_v_top 061A33 ff0000 Melbourne _blackstripes ffffff 000000 000000 Collingwood #CC2031 Melbourne Melbourne Football Club #061A33 30 John Beckwith 8 Tassie Johnson 14 Trevor Johnson 7 Geoff Case 4 John Lord 26 Ian Thorogood 9 Brian Dixon 11 Laurie Mithen 22 Bryan Kenneally 23 Geoff Tunbridge 35 Clyde Laidlaw 29 Hassa Mann 16 Bob Johnson 2 Alan Rowarth 6 Frank 'Bluey' Adams 34 Len Mann 31 Ron Barassi (c) 24 Ian Ridley 21 Brian Leahy 38 Ray Nilsson Norm Smith #FFFFFF Collingwood Collingwood Football Club #000000 16 Ron Reeves 27 Peter Rosenbrock 25 Mick Twomey 29 Kevin Rose 21 Bill Thripp 5 Mike Delanty 4 Brian Gray 10 John Henderson 12 Errol Hutchesson 11 Ken Turner 1 Murray Weideman (c) 20 Brian Beers 28 Graeme Fellowes 8 Ray Willett 19 Keith Burns 13 Ray Gabelich 32 Barry Harrison 30 Ron O'Dwyer 6 Ian Brewer 37 Bert Chapman Phonse Kyne Umpire: Jack Irving Scoreboard Team 1 2 3 Final Melbourne 4.3 5.5 7.12 8.14 (62) Collingwood 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.2 (14) Statistics Goalkickers Melbourne: F Adams 2 B Johnson 2 H Mann 2 A Rowarth 1 G Tunbridge 1Collingwood: R Gabelich 1 J Henderson 1 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. 0-670-86814-0 See also 1960 VFL season Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Melbourne Football Club Category:Collingwood Football Club