1963 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 137.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Ken Fraser (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Payne (36)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Ken Fraser

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Clarke

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Birt, Johnny #11 14 R01-R14 25
Blew, Russell #14 15 R01-R05, R09-R18 0
Booth, John #40 2 R08, R10 0
Brown, Greg #18 7 R06-R07, R11-R15 0
Byers, Max #37 2 R04, R15 0
Capuano, Barry #12 18 R01-R18 2
Clarke, Jack #1 18 R01-R18 23
Davis, Barry #32 18 R01-R18 1
Doran, Paul #36 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 0
Egan, Kevin #42 1 R16 0
Epis, Alec #28 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Fenton, Garry #8 5 R05-R07, R09-R10 0
Fordham, Ted #20 14 R03, R05-R15, R17-R18 7
Forsyth, Jim #27 4 R10-R12, R18 0
Fraser, Ken #23 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 17
Gerlach, Darryl #55 4 R15-R18 0
Gosper, Geoff #6 10 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09, R13, R16-R18 4
Graham, Ian #4 3 R01, R16-R17 2
Johnston, Graeme #16 18 R01-R18 12
Matthews, Barry #3 4 R05-R06, R08-R09 0
McKenzie, Don #24 18 R01-R18 0
Mitchell, Hugh #31 9 R01-R08, R18 6
Payne, Charlie #7 18 R01-R18 36
Raitt, Noel #9 13 R02-R14 7
Rodgers, Terry #2 9 R01-R04, R10-R11, R15-R17 6
Sampson, Brian #34 18 R01-R18 11
Shaw, David #5 18 R01-R18 0
Shelton, Ian #10 15 R01-R02, R04, R07-R18 0
Somerville, John #19 15 R01-R04, R07-R12, R14-R18 16
Timms, Ken #25 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 31
Welsh, John #29 2 R13-R14 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Coleman, John 18 13 -0- 5 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1963 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 25 John Coleman Jack Clarke
27/04/1963 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 59 John Coleman Jack Clarke
04/05/1963 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 5 John Coleman Jack Clarke
11/05/1963 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 6 John Coleman Jack Clarke
18/05/1963 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 61 John Coleman Jack Clarke
25/05/1963 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 40 John Coleman Jack Clarke
01/06/1963 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 16 John Coleman Jack Clarke
08/06/1963 Round 8 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 42 John Coleman Jack Clarke
22/06/1963 Round 9 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 16 John Coleman Jack Clarke
06/07/1963 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 28 John Coleman Jack Clarke
20/07/1963 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 46 John Coleman Jack Clarke
27/07/1963 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 31 John Coleman Jack Clarke
03/08/1963 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 37 John Coleman Jack Clarke
10/08/1963 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 51 John Coleman Jack Clarke
17/08/1963 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 John Coleman Jack Clarke
24/08/1963 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 81 John Coleman Jack Clarke
31/08/1963 Round 17 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 56 John Coleman Jack Clarke
07/09/1963 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 27 John Coleman Jack Clarke