1964 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-1-4, P%: 130.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Geelong (Semi Final)
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): Ken Fraser (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Hugh Mitchell (30)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Ken Fraser

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain(s): Ken Fraser

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beissel, Graeme #29 19 R01-R18, SF 16
Birt, Johnny #11 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 23
Blew, Russell #14 18 R01-R07, R09-R18, SF 3
Brown, Greg #18 4 R04-R06, R13 0
Capuano, Barry #12 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 2
Clarke, Jack #1 17 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18, SF 11
Davis, Barry #32 16 R01-R03, R07-R18, SF 0
Doran, Paul #36 17 R01-R17 0
Egan, Kevin #42 3 R07-R08, R18 2
Epis, Alec #28 17 R01-R06, R09-R18, SF 0
Fenton, Garry #8 1 R03 0
Fordham, Ted #20 16 R01-R02, R06-R18, SF 25
Forsyth, Jim #27 6 R02-R05, R12, R14 0
Fraser, Ken #23 18 R01-R07, R09-R18, SF 22
Gerlach, Darryl #17 17 R01-R08, R11-R18, SF 2
Gosper, Geoff #6 18 R02-R18, SF 12
Johnston, Graeme #16 11 R01-R02, R06-R09, R11, R14-R15, R17, SF 1
Leydin, Graham #38 1 R05 0
Matthews, Barry #3 4 R11-R14 2
McGie, Lindsay #4 12 R06-R14, R16, R18, SF 1
McKenzie, Don #24 17 R01, R04-R18, SF 0
Mitchell, Hugh #31 19 R01-R18, SF 32
Payne, Charlie #7 18 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF 13
Raitt, Noel #9 5 R01-R05 0
Rodgers, Terry #2 8 R03-R06, R08-R11 13
Sampson, Brian #34 16 R01-R11, R15-R18, SF 12
Shaw, David #5 13 R01, R08-R18, SF 0
Somerville, John #19 18 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF 19
Timms, Ken #25 15 R01-R10, R15-R18, SF 9

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 19 13 -1- 5 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1964 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 6 John Coleman Jack Clarke
25/04/1964 Round 2 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 36 John Coleman Jack Clarke
02/05/1964 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 14 John Coleman Jack Clarke
09/05/1964 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 22 John Coleman Jack Clarke
16/05/1964 Round 5 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 32 John Coleman Ken Fraser
23/05/1964 Round 6 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 4 John Coleman Jack Clarke
30/05/1964 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 12 John Coleman Jack Clarke
06/06/1964 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 14 John Coleman Jack Clarke
13/06/1964 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 15 John Coleman Jack Clarke
27/06/1964 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 6 John Coleman Jack Clarke
04/07/1964 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 19 John Coleman Jack Clarke
11/07/1964 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 33 John Coleman Jack Clarke
18/07/1964 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 62 John Coleman Jack Clarke
25/07/1964 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 29 John Coleman Ken Fraser
01/08/1964 Round 15 Geelong HOME DRAW drawn John Coleman Jack Clarke
08/08/1964 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 2 John Coleman Jack Clarke
15/08/1964 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 3 John Coleman Jack Clarke
22/08/1964 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 165 John Coleman Jack Clarke
29/08/1964 Semi Final Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 19 John Coleman Jack Clarke