1962 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1962 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round twelve of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Owen Abrahams captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Fitzroy (5.19.49) were defeated by Essendon (14.18.102).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 July 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 21,326

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 5.19.49 - 14.18.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 3 0 . 9 2 . 14 5 . 19 5 . 19 (49)
Essendon 5 . 5 7 . 11 10 . 16 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Owen Abrahams
Coach: Len Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 3 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 Clements, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
36 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
52 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 ?
42 Miers, Max ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
1 Sykes, David ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 4 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 1 ?
3 Matthews, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 2 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 3 ?
29 Welsh, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 18

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