1962 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1962 between Footscray and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (6.11.47) were defeated by Melbourne (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 July 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 28,801

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.11.47 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 3 . 7 4 . 9 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 9 8 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 2 MELB by 27 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
40 Becker, Niels ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Graham, Max ? ? 1 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 1 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
39 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

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