1962 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1962 between Melbourne and Footscray during round three of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (14.10.94) defeated Footscray (4.11.35).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 May 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,012

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.10.94 - 4.11.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 7 . 4 12 . 5 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Footscray 0 . 1 2 . 3 4 . 8 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 31 MELB by 45 MELB by 59 MELB by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
25 Rattray, Kerry ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 1 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 11

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