1962 VFL Season Round 4: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1962 between St Kilda and Essendon during round four of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

St Kilda (10.15.75) were defeated by Essendon (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 May 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 37,300

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 10.15.75 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 4 8 . 7 9 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin STKL by 7 STKL by 19 STKL by 9 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
9 Apted, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Coady, Bill ? ? 1 ?
17 Cross, Ray ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 ?
14 Hodgkin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
35 Lee, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 McHugh, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 1 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 1 ?
38 Nowlan, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 1 ?
23 Roberts, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 5 ?
30 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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