1963 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1963 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Hawthorn
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn
Brownlow Medallist(s): Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist(s): John Peck (Hawthorn)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Hawthorn (R) 1st 13 -1- 4 130.6% Ian Law (13) John Peck (69)
Geelong (P) 2nd 13 -1- 4 128.2% Graham Farmer (17) Doug Wade (44)
Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 5 147.9% Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon (10) Barry Bourke (42)
St Kilda 4th 13 -0- 5 140.1% Darrel Baldock (17) Darrel Baldock (35)
Essendon 5th 13 -0- 5 137.5% Ken Fraser (13) Charlie Payne (36)
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 8 103.3% Serge Silvagni (10) Tom Carroll (27)
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 10 85.1% Peter Steward (8) John Dugdale (30)
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 11 95.7% John Henderson (15) Terry Waters (50)
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 11 87.8% Ray Walker (7) George Bisset, Merv Hobbs (16)
Richmond 10th 5 -0- 13 75.8% Bill Barrot (7) Ian Hayden (25)
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 14 69.8% Bob Skilton (20) Bob Skilton (36)
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 17 57.5% Kevin Murray (14) Gary Lazarus (35)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 11
Goal Umpire 3
Boundary Umpire 5

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 83 - 65 31,300
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 122 - 63 33,953
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 72 - 95 25,167
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 60 - 85 30,000
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 80 - 124 32,260
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 77 - 40 21,960

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 100 - 96 55,293
THU 25/04/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 86 - 109 25,700
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 109 - 50 40,000
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 53 - 51 39,490
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 101 - 55 21,791
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 62 - 81 32,210

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 68 - 63 27,283
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 85 - 64 26,522
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 74 - 111 22,850
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 77 18,544
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 64 - 100 27,419
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 48 - 69 23,200

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 94 - 55 25,462
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 25 - 61 21,760
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 67 - 61 42,019
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 97 - 73 37,900
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 151 - 80 15,000
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 96 - 77 21,695

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 100 - 52 30,124
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 72 - 29 33,084
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 75 - 77 25,400
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 112 18,504
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 113 - 75 14,900
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 57 - 76 22,251

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 135 - 56 33,914
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 58 - 64 47,514
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 94 - 54 27,455
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 94 - 53 26,400
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 59 - 86 23,930
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 83 - 61 14,837

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 74 - 70 17,160
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 66 - 66 29,374
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 49 - 57 26,107
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 71 - 87 44,501
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 58 - 66 17,125
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 115 - 86 16,500

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 44 - 46 38,698
SAT 08/06/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 89 - 47 21,200
SAT 08/06/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 61 - 65 34,900
MON 10/06/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 82 - 35 81,550
MON 10/06/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 52 - 39 22,950
MON 10/06/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 23 - 51 13,400

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 114 - 64 23,971
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 109 - 71 20,681
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 60 - 54 25,300
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 40 - 56 24,725
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 58 - 39 12,850
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 72 - 40 26,173

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 56 - 84 32,600
SAT 29/06/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 97 - 101 27,700
SAT 29/06/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 125 - 74 24,829
SAT 06/07/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 31 16,222
SAT 06/07/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 35 - 63 17,580
SAT 06/07/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 34 - 80 20,200

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 24 - 69 18,231
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 55 - 43 31,578
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 62 - 39 13,870
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 46 - 92 16,100
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 58 - 100 15,000
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 71 - 38 10,500

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 98 - 39 55,060
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 60 - 95 15,500
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 115 - 74 16,900
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 83 - 52 25,500
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 84 - 85 23,286
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 71 - 52 15,715

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 84 - 62 24,000
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 99 - 62 40,885
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 96 - 55 30,100
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 64 - 130 15,000
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 80 13,892
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 71 - 58 16,083

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 122 - 71 71,086
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 38 - 58 25,645
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 115 - 57 17,510
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 117 - 15 15,700
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 99 - 57 19,458
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 74 - 64 9,807

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 153 11,989
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 98 - 43 21,396
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 70 - 76 29,000
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 42 - 104 27,298
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 45 - 105 14,100
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 52 - 117 15,200

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 129 - 68 43,057
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 90 - 69 44,900
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 78 - 85 15,170
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 117 - 36 14,475
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 84 - 39 9,506
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 99 - 55 17,000

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 50 - 97 17,780
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 95 - 34 29,732
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 28 - 84 27,231
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 55 - 128 22,920
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 134 - 87 16,882
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 45 - 86 12,963

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 91 - 56 24,871
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 52 - 90 35,500
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 91 - 59 15,319
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 83 - 56 29,700
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 116 - 32 22,800
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 109 9,951

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1963 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 71 - 64 88,914

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1963 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Geelong MCG 82 - 101 91,471

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1963 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne MCG 77 - 68 86,546

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1963 2:50 PM Geelong v Hawthorn MCG 109 - 60 101,209