1962 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1962 between Footscray and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. In the absence of Jack Clarke, vice-captain Geoff Leek captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Footscray (15.11.101) defeated Essendon (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 August 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 31,185

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 15.11.101 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 6 . 3 10 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Essendon 2 . 6 3 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 5 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

Captain: Geoff Leek (acting)
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 5 ?
40 Becker, Niels ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Ion, Barry ? ? 1 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
36 Madigan, Owen ? ? 1 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 1 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
37 Byers, Max ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (ac) ? ? 0 ?
41 Lieschke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Welsh, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

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