1962 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1962 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round one of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Owen Abrahams captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Essendon (12.13.85) defeated Fitzroy (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Monday 23 April 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 29,200

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.13.85 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 6 4 . 7 8 . 13 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Fitzroy 0 . 2 1 . 4 3 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Owen Abrahams
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 5 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
13 Bahen, John ? ? 1 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
28 Clements, Bryan ? ? 2 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 ?
37 Elliott, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
1 Sykes, David ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 6

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