| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 20, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 30 points | Umpire: Schwab | Crowd: 17,100 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: L.Brereton 2, W.Lofts 2, M.Sankey 2, G.Burke 1, D.Nicholls 1, C.Pavlou 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: B.Arch (cork leg) replaced by J.Sullivan at three quarter time. J.Benetti (bruised thigh) replaced by G.Gilchrist in the last quarter. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Graham Donaldson (back Injury) was replaced in the selected side by Gerald Burke.The Blues maintained their recent good form with this clinical victory over Geelong at Princes Park, and climbed to seventh place on the ladder.
Continuing his fine season, nippy rover Leo Brereton kicked another two goals, making his tally of 42 for the season - second only to Essendon full-forward Ron Evans, with 66.
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben (c) | 25 George Ferry | 2 John Nicholls |
| HB: | 32 Vasil Varlamos | 14 Bob Crowe | 10 John James |
| C: | 21 Bill Arch | 19 Denis Zeunert | 23 John Chick (vc) |
| HF: | 12 Don Nicholls | 31 John Williams | 8 John Benetti |
| F: | 4 Brian Buckley | 20 Wes Lofts | 35 Chris Pavlou |
| Ruck: | 5 Gerald Burke | 16 Maurie Sankey | 6 Leo Brereton |
| Res: | 30 Jack Sullivan | 28 Graham Gilchrist | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
Changes
In: G. GilchristOut: G. Donaldson
Round 16 | Round 18