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1960 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1960 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1960
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Melbourne Football Club Colours.svg	50px]]

home_score	8.14 (62)
away	[[File:Collingwood icon.svg	50px]]

away_score	2.2 (14)
home_abbr	MEL
away_abbr	COL
home_qtr1	4.3 (27)
home_qtr2	5.5 (35)
home_qtr3	7.12 (54)
home_qtr4	8.14 (62)
away_qtr1	0.0 (0)
away_qtr2	1.0 (6)
away_qtr3	2.0 (12)
away_qtr4	2.2 (14)
date	24 September 1960
attendance	97,457
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
last	1959
next	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, 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.

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

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	John Beckwith]]	fullback = 8 Tassie Johnson	Trevor Johnson]]	halfbackflank1 = 7 Geoff Case	John Lord]]	halfbackflank2 = 26 Ian Thorogood	Brian Dixon]]	centre = 11 Laurie Mithen	wing2 = 22 Bryan Kenneally	halfforwardflank1 = 23 Geoff Tunbridge	centrehalfforward = 35 Clyde Laidlaw	halfforwardflank2 = 29 Hassa Mann	Bob Johnson]]	fullforward = 2 Alan Rowarth	forwardpocket2 = 6 Frank 'Bluey' Adams	ruck = 34 Len Mann	ruckrover = 31 Ron Barassi (c)	rover = 24 Ian Ridley	reserve1 = 21 Brian Leahy	reserve2 = 38 Ray Nilsson	coach = Norm Smith}}		Ron Reeves]]	fullback = 27 Peter Rosenbrock	backpocket2 = 25 Mick Twomey	Kevin Rose]]	centrehalfback = 21 Bill Thripp	halfbackflank2 = 5 Mike Delanty	wing1 = 4 Brian Gray	John Henderson]]	wing2 = 12 Errol Hutchesson	Ken Turner]]	centrehalfforward = 1 Murray Weideman (c)	halfforwardflank2 = 20 Brian Beers	forwardpocket1 = 28 Graeme Fellowes	fullforward = 8 Ray Willett	Keith Burns]]	ruck = 13 Ray Gabelich	ruckrover = 32 Barry Harrison	rover = 30 Ron O'Dwyer	reserve1 = 6 Ian Brewer	reserve2 = 37 Bert Chapman	coach = 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

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.

References

[http://afltables.com/afl/teams/collingwood/gamer.html#02 Lowest Scores]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IYVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GbADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7185%2C4707328 Beames, P., "Melbourne Proves It Greatness: Already Favored for Next Year", ''The Age'', (Monday, 26 September 1960), p.24].

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