1962 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1962 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Owen Abrahams captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Fitzroy (5.14.44) were defeated by Geelong (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 25 August 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 18,447

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 5.14.44 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 1 3 . 3 3 . 10 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Geelong 4 . 2 8 . 6 14 . 10 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 66 GEEL by 78 GEEL by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Owen Abrahams
Coach: Len Smith

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Toohey

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Beers, Brian ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
21 Carmody, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Duncan, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
36 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 ?
37 Elliott, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
42 Miers, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Sleep, Colin ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 3 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 3 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
38 Stephens, Darryl ? ? 0 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 2 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 1 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 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