Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club

1960

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1960 Summary

1960 would see the trend of the 1950's continue, with the club unable to string together back to back finals appearances. Coming off the good 1959 season, when the club had played in the finals and was only 8 points short of a Grand Final berth, the start to 1960 would be solid if not spectacular. A draw against Richmond in round 1 would be followed by a close loss to Fitzroy in round 2 and close wins against St Kilda and Hawthorn in rounds 3 and 4. This would be as close as the Blues would get to being in the top 4 in 1960, sitting 2 points out in fifth place.

Four consecutive losses in rounds 5 to 8 effectively ended any chance the club had of playing finals football. This was followed by 3 wins in 4 games, and then 3 straight losses. The club had a bright end to the season winning its last three games. This patchy form of 3 or 4 consecutive games of either good or poor form seemed to characterise the whole season.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Melbourne	14	0	4	56	203.237.1455	133.219.1017	143.1
2	Fitzroy	14	0	4	56	188.204.1332	165.194.1184	112.5
3	Essendon	13	0	5	52	214.222.1506	167.202.1204	125.1
4	Collingwood	11	0	7	44	181.228.1314	159.196.1150	114.3
5	Hawthorn	11	0	7	44	171.225.1251	162.220.1192	104.9
6	St Kilda	9	0	9	36	158.211.1159	155.210.1140	101.7
7	Carlton	8	1	9	34	178.232.1300	183.215.1313	99
8	Sth Melbourne	7	0	11	28	185.194.1304	202.201.1413	92.3
9	Geelong	6	1	11	26	185.201.1311	195.203.1373	95.5
10	Footscray	6	0	12	24	147.183.1065	162.206.1178	90.4
11	Nth Melbourne	5	0	13	20	164.199.1183	207.232.1474	80.3
12	Richmond	2	2	14	12	146.210.1086	230.248.1628	66.7