Preliminary final, 1961 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 16 September 1961, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 2 | 17 | 30 | 58 |
| Footscray | 27 | 34 | 72 | 85 |
Crowd 86,118. Coaches: Norm Smith and Ted Whitten. Umpires: Frank Schwab.
| Tassie Johnson | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Adams | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Roet | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Nilsson | 38 | 0 |
| Hassa Mann | 29 | 0 |
| Clyde Laidlaw | 35 | 0 |
| Bryan Kenneally | 22 | 0 |
| Trevor Johnson | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Gleeson | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Turner | 10 | 0 |
| Ian Thorogood | 26 | 0 |
| Brian Dixon | 9 | 0 |
| Alan Rowarth | 2 | 0 |
| Ian Ridley | 24 | 0 |
| Ray Dawson | 17 | 1 |
| Geoff Tunbridge | 23 | 1 |
| John Lord | 4 | 1 |
| Bob Johnson | 16 | 1 |
| Ron Barassi | 31 | 2 |
| Laurie Mithen | 11 | 2 |
| Ken Duff | 16 | 0 |
| Cameron McDonald | 9 | 0 |
| John Schultz | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Ware | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Stewart | 5 | 0 |
| John Quarrell | 15 | 0 |
| Bernie Lee | 29 | 0 |
| John Jillard | 25 | 0 |
| Graham Ion | 17 | 0 |
| John Hoiles | 23 | 0 |
| Alex Gardiner | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Evans | 28 | 0 |
| Ian Bryant | 37 | 0 |
| Barry Ion | 38 | 0 |
| Keith Beamish | 6 | 1 |
| Bob Spargo | 8 | 1 |
| Barney McKellar | 30 | 2 |
| Ted Whitten | 3 | 2 |
| Merv Hobbs | 2 | 3 |
| Jack Slattery | 24 | 4 |
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