1962 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1962 between Footscray and Geelong during round eleven of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. John Yeates captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Footscray (8.10.58) were defeated by Geelong (20.9.129).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 July 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 34,032

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 8.10.58 - 20.9.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 3 . 5 6 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Geelong 7 . 2 12 . 5 18 . 7 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Margin GEEL by 25 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 73 GEEL by 71 GEEL by 71
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
40 Becker, Niels ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
7 Dowling, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Graham, Max ? ? 0 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Kent, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
39 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 2 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 0 ?
16 Hosking, Bill ? ? 2 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 4 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 3 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 8 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 1 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 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