1962 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1962 between Essendon and Footscray during round six of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (14.9.93) defeated Footscray (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 26 May 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 37,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 14.9.93 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 8 . 3 11 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Footscray 8 . 2 8 . 4 11 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin FOOT by 32 FOOT by 1 level ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 3 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 3 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 1 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 3 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
39 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Meddings, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Savige, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 5 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

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