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"The Canonical 12" 1925-1981

All other opponents

Weeks

24 of 24

Rounds Round

Grand Final

Julian Julian

266 of 365

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Michael Williamson
Bert Deacon
Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey

Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Week 24 of 24
Round Grand Final
Julian 266 of 365
Quarters Nearly all of the 1st quarter (misses the first bounce)
Day Saturday
Date 23rd Sept 1961
Venue MCG

Richmond End

City End

Day

Saturday

Date

23rd Sept 1961

Venue

MCG

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Herb Kent
John Hicks

Goal

Keith Cree
William Ludlow

01-24

01-18

Sat

Apr

Glenferrie
Oval

02-24

02-18

Sat

Apr

MCG

03-24

03-18

Sat

Apr

Glenferrie
Oval

04-24

04-18

Sat

May

Arden
Street

05-24

05-18

Sat

May

Glenferrie
Oval

06-24

Split

Sat

May

07-24

06-18

Sat

May

Junction
Oval

08-24

07-18

Sat

June

Glenferrie
Oval

09-24

08-18

Mon

June

Western
Oval

10-24

09-18

Sat

June

Kardinia
Park

11-24

10-18

Sat

June

Glenferrie
Oval

12-24

11-18

Sat

July

Glenferrie
Oval

13-24

12-18

Sat

July

Lakeside
Oval

14-24

13-18

Sat

July

Glenferrie
Oval

15-24

Split

Sun

July

"Gabba"
W.A v Vic

16-24

14-18

Sat

July

Brunswick
Street

17-24

15-18

Sat

Aug

Glenferrie
Oval

18-24

16-18

Sat

Aug

Windy
Hill

19-24

17-18

Sat

Aug

Glenferrie
Oval

20-24

18-18

Sat

Aug

Punt
Road

21-24

FSF

Sat

Sep

St K
Foot

22-24

2SF

Sat

Sep

MCG

23-24

Sat

Sep

Melb
Foot

24-24

Sat

Sep

MCG

01-24

01-18

Sat

Apr

Punt
Road

02-24

02-18

Sat

Apr

Western
Oval

03-24

03-18

Sat

Apr

Princes
Park

04-24

03-18

Sat

May

Western
Oval

05-24

05-18

Sat

May

Lakeside
Oval

06-24

Split

Sat

May

07-24

06-18

Sat

May

Western
Oval

08-24

07-18

Sat

June

Kardinia
Park

09-24

08-18

Mon

June

Western
Oval

10-24

09-18

Sat

June

Western
Oval

11-24

10-18

Sat

June

Junction
Oval

12-24

11-18

Sat

July

Windy
Hill

13-24

12-18

Sat

July

Western
Oval

14-24

13-18

Sat

July

Arden
Street

15-24

Split

Sun

July

"Gabba"
W.A v Vic

16-24

14-18

Sat

July

Western
Oval

17-24

15-18

Sat

Aug

Victoria
Park

18-24

16-18

Sat

Aug

Western
Oval

19-24

17-18

Sat

Aug

MCG

20-24

18-18

Sat

Aug

Western
Oval

21-24

FSF

Sat

Sep

MCG

22-24

2SF

Sat

Sep

Haw
Melb

23-24

Sat

Sep

MCG

24-24

Sat

Sep

MCG

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Les Kaine
#1 Graham Arthur
#2 Graham Cooper
#10
Malcolm Hill
#11 Steadman Hay
#20 John Peck
#23
Cam McPherson
#26 Reg Poole
#29 Colin Youren
#30

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Merv Hobbs
#2 Teddy Whitten
#3 Bob Ware
#4
Keith Beamish
#6 Bob Spargo
#8 Cameron McDonald
(Onka) #9
Alex Gardiner
#12 Barney McKellar
#30 Ian Bryant
#37

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills of Tyrol) by Andy Stewart

“Has a second bite of the cherry and puts it though, that’s his second, Johnny Quarrell’s second”

Michael Williamson

Saturday 23rd September 1961 from the MCG

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Weeks

24 of 24

Rounds Round

Grand Final

Julian

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey
Mike Williamson
Bert Deacon

Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Week 24 of 24
Round Grand Final
Julian
Quarters Nearly all of the 2nd quarter (misses start of qtr)
Day Saturday
Date 23rd September 1961
Venue MCG

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End

Day

Saturday

Date

23rd September 1961

Venue

MCG

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

John Hicks
Herb Kent

Goal

William Ludlow
Keith Cree

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Graham Arthur
#2 Morton Browne
#4 John Fisher
#5
Ian Law
#7 John Winneke
#12 Ian Mort
#14
John Cunningham
#19 John Peck
#23 John McArthur
#28

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Merv Hobbs
#2 Teddy Whitten
#3 Bob Ware
#4
Keith Beamish
#6 John Schultz
#14 John Quarrell
#15
John Hoiles
#23 Jack Slattery
#24 John Jillard
#25

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee

"Well Beamish is down on the ground and I didn't hear the siren go there but the siren has gone, Mike you heard it did you?"

Geoff Raymond

Saturday 23rd September 1961

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Weeks

24 of 24

Rounds Round

Grand Final

Julian

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Mike Williamson,
Bert Deacon,
Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey

Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Week 24 of 24
Round Grand Final
Julian
Quarters 3rd quarter in whole
Day Saturday
Date 23rd September 1961
Venue MCG

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End

Day

Saturday

Date

23rd September 1961

Venue

MCG

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

John Hicks
Herb Kent

Goal

Keith Cree
William Ludlow

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Morton Browne
#4 John Fisher
#5 Brendan Edwards
#9
Graham Cooper
#10 John Winneke
#12 Ian Mort
#14
Cam McPherson
#26 John McArthur
#28 Garry Young
#31

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Bob Ware
#4 Charlie Stewart
#5 Alex Gardiner
#12
John Schultz
#14 John Quarrell
#15 Graham Ion
#17
John Hoiles
#23 John Jillard
#25 Bernie Lee
#29

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
Hello Mary Lou by Rick Nelson

Very interesting to note that Beamish is off the ground for Footscray, he's been replaced by Charlie....Charlie.... Stewart from Shepparton who gets his big chance this afternoon on the half forward flank, Quarrell goes into the roving position in the forward pocket

Bert Deacon

Saturday 23rd September 1961 from the MCG

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Weeks

24 of 24

Rounds Round

Grand Final

Julian

Produced By

Extracted From

Audio-Visual

Mike Williamson
Geoff Raymond
Reg Hickey
Bert Deacon

Hawthorn

vs.

Footscray

Week 24 of 24
Round Grand Final
Julian
Quarters 4th quarter in whole
Day Saturday
Date 23rd Sept 1961
Venue MCG

Richmond End

City End, Scoreboard End

Day

Saturday

Date

23rd Sept 1961

Venue

MCG

Field

Frank Schwab

Boundary
Boundary Umpires

Herb Kent
John Hicks

Goal

William Ludlow
Keith Cree

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Some of the Hawthorn cast

Les Kaine
#1 Ron Nalder
#3 Malcolm Hill
#11
John Cunningham
#19 Steadman Hay
#20 Phil Hay
#22
Reg Poole
#29 Colin Youren
#30 Garry Young
#31

President
Dr Sandy Ferguson

Coach
John Kennedy

Captain
Graham Arthur #2

Some of the Footscray cast

Charlie Stewart
#5 Cameron McDonald
#9 Ken Duff
#16
Graham Ion
#17 Charlie Evans
#28 Bernie Lee
#29
Barney McKellar
#30 Ian Bryant
#37 Barry Ion
#38

President
Harry Dolphin

Coach
Teddy Whitten

Captain
Teddy Whitten #3

Inside the Charts:
Crying by Roy Orbison

"However we would like to take this opportunity of congratulating our director Alf Potter I'm sure all of you watching this telecast at home have enjoyed the pictures you've seen as a result of the great work done by our cameramen & our crew here & especially the work of our director Alf Potter"

Michael Williamson

Saturday 23rd September 1961 from the MCG

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