1962 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1962 between Essendon and Geelong during round nine of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. John Yeates captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Essendon (15.17.107) defeated Geelong (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 June 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 35,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 15.17.107 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 6 6 . 8 11 . 12 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Geelong 2 . 0 6 . 2 8 . 3 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin ESSE by 18 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 4 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
39 Graham, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 4 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 3 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Brushfield, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 4 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 0 ?
1 Harrison, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 7

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