1962 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1962 between Melbourne and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. John Yeates captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Melbourne (9.9.63) were defeated by Geelong (10.19.79).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 21 July 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,470

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 9.9.63 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 8 6 . 17 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 4 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

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 ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 2 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 1 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 19

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