1962 VFL Season Grand Final: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1962 between Essendon and Carlton in the grand final of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at the MCG. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Graham Donaldson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Essendon (13.12.90) defeated Carlton (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 September 1962
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 98,385

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 13.12.90 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Carlton 1 . 1 5 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin ESSE by 34 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: John Coleman

Carlton

Captain: Graham Donaldson
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Goal Umpires

H. Forsyth
T. Rossiter

Boundary Umpires

A. Cook
J. Geggie

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 4 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 1 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 0 ?
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 1 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham (c) ? ? 1 ?
36 Falconer, Peter ? ? 0 ?
12 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 1 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Kick, Murray ? ? 0 ?
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 2 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s