| Venue: Princes Park | Date: April 29, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 9 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 34,254 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: M.Cross 4, I.Collins 3, P.Barry 2, T.Carroll 1, M.Sankey 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton's accuracy in shooting for goal kept the Blues in contention for much of this game, although Footscray appeared a class above the Blues in general play. Bulldogs champion Ted Whitten was outstanding at centre half-back, while Carlton's lively rover Martin Cross kicked 4 goals.The loss dropped Carlton to sixth on percentage, one win short of the ladder-leading Bulldogs.
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben | 25 George Ferry | 2 John Nicholls (vc) |
| HB: | 12 Don Nicholls | 14 Bob Crowe | 10 John James (dvc) |
| C: | 21 Bill Arch | 9 Berkley Cox | 35 Chris Pavlou |
| HF: | 19 Ian Collins | 18 Peter Barry | 17 Gordon Collis |
| F: | 16 Maurie Sankey | 22 Tom Carroll | 23 Martin Cross |
| Ruck: | 13 Graham Donaldson (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 37 John Heathcote |
| Res: | 4 Brian Buckley | 28 Graham Gilchrist | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: G. Gilchrist, D. Nicholls, B. Buckley
Out: L. Brereton, D. McCulloch, V. Varlamos
Round 2 | Round 4