1962 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1962 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round thirteen of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Owen Abrahams captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Footscray (10.5.65) defeated Fitzroy (5.16.46).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 July 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,721

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.5.65 - 5.16.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 1 4 . 1 10 . 4 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Fitzroy 0 . 1 1 . 11 1 . 11 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Margin FOOT by 24 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 47 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Owen Abrahams
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
40 Becker, Niels ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Graham, Max ? ? 2 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Madigan, Owen ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 3 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 5

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
26 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 Clements, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
36 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
52 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
1 Sykes, David ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 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