1962 VFL Season Round 5: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1962 between Carlton and Essendon during round five of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Carlton (11.7.73) were defeated by Essendon (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 May 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 36,457

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 11.7.73 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 4 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Essendon 2 . 2 8 . 8 12 . 11 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin level ESSE by 29 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ken Hands

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 0 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
34 Carroll, Jim ? ? 2 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 4 ?
17 Collis, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
36 Falconer, Peter ? ? 1 ?
12 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
5 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Kick, Murray ? ? 0 ?
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 ?
40 McMaster-Smith, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 2 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 2 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 16

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