1963 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Hawthorn were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Geelong were the premiers, with Fred Wooller as the premiership captain and Bob Davis as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1963 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ken Hands
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill John Coleman
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Kevin Murray Wally Clark
Footscray Western Oval Ted Whitten
Geelong Kardinia Park Bob Davis Neil Trezise
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Alan Killigrew
Richmond Punt Road Oval Des Rowe
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Noel McMahen
St Kilda Junction Oval Allan Jeans

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Hawthorn
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -1- 4 54 130.6% 1,485 1,137 205 255 157 195
Geelong 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 128.2% 1,354 1,056 180 274 142 204
Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 147.9% 1,680 1,136 240 240 161 170
St Kilda 4th 13 -0- 5 52 140.1% 1,501 1,071 210 241 148 183
Essendon 5th 13 -0- 5 52 137.5% 1,470 1,069 206 234 148 181
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 8 40 103.3% 1,275 1,234 177 213 170 214
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 10 32 85.1% 1,059 1,244 146 183 174 200
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 11 28 95.7% 1,365 1,427 195 195 203 209
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 11 28 87.8% 1,126 1,283 156 190 178 215
Richmond 10th 5 -0- 13 20 75.8% 1,279 1,687 184 175 243 229
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 14 16 69.8% 1,202 1,722 171 176 242 270
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 17 4 57.5% 986 1,716 137 164 241 270

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong 1st Premiers
Hawthorn 2nd Runners-Up
Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Hawthorn (Preliminary Final)
St Kilda 4th Defeated by Melbourne (Semi Final)
Essendon 5th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 6th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 8th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 9th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 10th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 72 - 95 25,167
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 122 - 63 33,953
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 60 - 85 30,000
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 77 - 40 21,960
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 80 - 124 32,260
SAT 20/04/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 83 - 65 31,300

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 193.7% 122 63
North Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 192.5% 77 40
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 155.0% 124 80
Essendon 4th 1 -0- 0 4 141.7% 85 60
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 0 4 131.9% 95 72
St Kilda 6th 1 -0- 0 4 127.7% 83 65
Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 78.3% 65 83
Fitzroy 8th 0 -0- 1 0 75.8% 72 95
Hawthorn 9th 0 -0- 1 0 70.6% 60 85
Richmond 10th 0 -0- 1 0 64.5% 80 124
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 51.9% 40 77
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 51.6% 63 122

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 100 - 96 55,293
THU 25/04/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 86 - 109 25,700
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 53 - 51 39,490
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 62 - 81 32,210
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 109 - 50 40,000
SAT 27/04/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 101 - 55 21,791

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 176.4% 194 110
North Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 154.9% 158 102
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 120.3% 148 123
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 1 4 115.5% 186 161
St Kilda 5th 1 -0- 1 4 113.6% 134 118
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 106.8% 141 132
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 1 4 100.0% 172 172
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 92.2% 165 179
Richmond 9th 1 -0- 1 4 90.0% 189 210
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 2 0 84.3% 156 185
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 2 0 64.8% 127 196
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 64.5% 149 231

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 64 - 100 27,419
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 68 - 63 27,283
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 77 18,544
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 85 - 64 26,522
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 48 - 69 23,200
SAT 04/05/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 74 - 111 22,850

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 151.4% 262 173
North Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 151.3% 227 150
Carlton 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 131.5% 259 197
St Kilda 4th 2 -0- 1 8 114.1% 211 185
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 1 8 108.9% 257 236
Hawthorn 6th 1 -0- 2 4 102.8% 256 249
Collingwood 7th 1 -0- 2 4 95.8% 250 261
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 2 4 94.5% 205 217
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 92.3% 228 247
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 2 4 84.9% 237 279
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 3 0 71.1% 194 273
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 65.2% 223 342

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 67 - 61 42,019
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 96 - 77 21,695
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 151 - 80 15,000
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 94 - 55 25,462
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 25 - 61 21,760
SAT 11/05/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 97 - 73 37,900

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 126.4% 326 258
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 134.6% 323 240
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 121.8% 318 261
St Kilda 4th 3 -0- 1 12 119.4% 308 258
North Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 1 12 119.4% 252 211
Hawthorn 6th 2 -0- 2 8 123.7% 407 329
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 106.6% 322 302
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 2 8 102.4% 301 294
Collingwood 9th 1 -0- 3 4 90.2% 323 358
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 3 4 83.7% 314 375
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 4 0 67.8% 249 367
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 61.5% 303 493

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 100 - 52 30,124
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 112 18,504
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 57 - 76 22,251
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 72 - 29 33,084
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 75 - 77 25,400
SAT 18/05/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 113 - 75 14,900

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 121.0% 403 333
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 149.5% 435 291
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 134.5% 390 290
Hawthorn 4th 3 -0- 2 12 125.1% 483 386
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 2 12 102.1% 337 330
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 100.9% 327 324
Collingwood 7th 2 -0- 3 8 103.2% 423 410
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 3 8 96.8% 358 370
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 93.0% 374 402
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 4 4 86.1% 389 452
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 73.2% 416 568
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 5 0 62.6% 300 479

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 58 - 64 47,514
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 94 - 54 27,455
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 59 - 86 23,930
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 83 - 61 14,837
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 135 - 56 33,914
SAT 25/05/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 94 - 53 26,400

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 1 20 153.3% 529 345
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 130.5% 454 348
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 116.1% 461 397
Hawthorn 4th 4 -0- 2 16 126.6% 566 447
St Kilda 5th 4 -0- 2 16 112.5% 431 383
Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 111.1% 509 458
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 3 12 108.5% 509 469
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 3 12 95.3% 388 407
Footscray 9th 2 -0- 4 8 88.8% 412 464
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 5 4 75.8% 445 587
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 5 4 70.8% 469 662
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 6 0 63.5% 359 565

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 71 - 87 44,501
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 49 - 57 26,107
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 66 - 66 29,374
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 58 - 66 17,125
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 115 - 86 16,500
SAT 01/06/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 74 - 70 17,160

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 6 -0- 1 24 148.1% 616 416
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 116.1% 518 446
Geelong 3rd 5 -1- 1 22 125.6% 520 414
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 2 20 112.7% 497 441
Hawthorn 5th 4 -1- 2 18 123.2% 632 513
Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 4 12 108.8% 579 532
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 4 12 104.3% 580 556
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 94.3% 446 473
Footscray 9th 2 -0- 5 8 88.5% 461 521
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 5 8 83.2% 560 673
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 5 8 74.2% 543 732
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 7 0 65.4% 445 680

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 44 - 46 38,698
SAT 08/06/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 89 - 47 21,200
SAT 08/06/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 61 - 65 34,900
MON 10/06/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 23 - 51 13,400
MON 10/06/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 52 - 39 22,950
MON 10/06/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 82 - 35 81,550

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 7 -0- 1 28 152.3% 705 463
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 114.2% 562 492
Hawthorn 3rd 5 -1- 2 22 121.4% 697 574
Geelong 4th 5 -1- 2 22 111.9% 555 496
St Kilda 5th 5 -0- 3 20 110.3% 558 506
Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 116.6% 661 567
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 4 16 104.3% 626 600
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 100.2% 497 496
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 5 12 91.6% 513 560
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 6 8 79.7% 607 762
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 74.2% 582 784
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 8 0 64.0% 468 731

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 72 - 40 26,173
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 40 - 56 24,725
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 109 - 71 20,681
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 60 - 54 25,300
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 114 - 64 23,971
SAT 22/06/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 58 - 39 12,850

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 7 -0- 2 28 143.5% 745 519
Hawthorn 2nd 6 -1- 2 26 120.5% 757 628
Geelong 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 117.1% 664 567
St Kilda 4th 6 -0- 3 24 112.5% 614 546
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 3 24 111.6% 616 552
Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 122.8% 775 631
Collingwood 7th 5 -0- 4 20 109.1% 698 640
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 5 16 92.0% 561 610
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 6 12 87.5% 553 632
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 6 12 77.8% 640 823
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 7 8 77.8% 678 871
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 9 0 64.3% 507 789

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 56 - 84 32,600
SAT 29/06/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 125 - 74 24,829
SAT 29/06/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 97 - 101 27,700
SAT 06/07/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 31 16,222
SAT 06/07/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 35 - 63 17,580
SAT 06/07/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 34 - 80 20,200

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 8 -0- 2 32 145.8% 808 554
Hawthorn 2nd 7 -1- 2 30 126.4% 837 662
Geelong 3rd 6 -1- 3 26 109.6% 695 634
Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 4 24 125.0% 859 687
Collingwood 5th 6 -0- 4 24 115.3% 823 714
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 4 24 109.9% 711 647
Carlton 7th 6 -0- 4 24 105.7% 672 636
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 6 16 89.7% 654 729
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 88.6% 596 673
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 7 12 75.3% 714 948
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 8 8 74.9% 712 951
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 9 4 70.0% 574 820

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 24 - 69 18,231
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 55 - 43 31,578
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 71 - 38 10,500
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 62 - 39 13,870
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 58 - 100 15,000
SAT 20/07/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 46 - 92 16,100

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 9 -0- 2 36 150.0% 900 600
Hawthorn 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 129.7% 908 700
Geelong 3rd 7 -1- 3 30 110.8% 750 677
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 130.5% 928 711
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 4 28 115.0% 811 705
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 5 24 112.6% 866 769
Carlton 7th 6 -0- 5 24 101.9% 711 698
North Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 6 20 92.4% 658 712
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 7 16 85.0% 678 798
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 8 12 73.1% 760 1,040
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 9 8 73.3% 770 1,051
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 10 4 68.7% 612 891

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 115 - 74 16,900
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 84 - 85 23,286
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 83 - 52 25,500
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 71 - 52 15,715
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 98 - 39 55,060
SAT 27/07/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 60 - 95 15,500

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 2 40 150.8% 983 652
Hawthorn 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 122.6% 960 783
Geelong 3rd 8 -1- 3 34 114.7% 845 737
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 4 32 136.8% 1,026 750
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 5 28 107.0% 826 772
St Kilda 6th 7 -0- 5 28 105.9% 850 803
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 6 24 111.2% 950 854
North Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 7 20 90.7% 710 783
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 7 20 88.1% 749 850
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 9 12 75.3% 855 1,135
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 72.2% 820 1,135
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 11 4 68.2% 686 1,006

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 80 13,892
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 99 - 62 40,885
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 84 - 62 24,000
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 71 - 58 16,083
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 64 - 130 15,000
SAT 03/08/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 96 - 55 30,100

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 3 40 139.1% 1,045 751
Hawthorn 2nd 9 -1- 3 38 123.6% 1,044 845
Geelong 3rd 9 -1- 3 38 118.1% 944 799
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 5 32 130.5% 1,088 834
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 5 32 110.3% 946 858
Carlton 6th 7 -0- 6 28 101.5% 881 868
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 7 24 109.0% 1,008 925
North Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 7 24 92.9% 781 841
Footscray 9th 6 -0- 7 24 92.2% 829 899
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 9 16 79.2% 950 1,199
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 10 12 72.6% 919 1,265
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 12 4 67.7% 735 1,086

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 115 - 57 17,510
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 38 - 58 25,645
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 99 - 57 19,458
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 122 - 71 71,086
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 74 - 64 9,807
SAT 10/08/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 117 - 15 15,700

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -1- 3 42 126.7% 1,143 902
Geelong 2nd 10 -1- 3 42 119.7% 1,002 837
Essendon 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 127.8% 1,116 873
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 5 36 133.7% 1,210 905
St Kilda 5th 9 -0- 5 36 121.8% 1,063 873
Carlton 6th 8 -0- 6 32 107.7% 996 925
North Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 94.5% 855 905
Collingwood 8th 6 -0- 8 24 104.0% 1,065 1,024
Footscray 9th 6 -0- 8 24 90.6% 867 957
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 10 16 76.6% 1,007 1,314
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 11 12 73.4% 983 1,339
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 13 4 62.3% 750 1,203

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 42 - 104 27,298
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 70 - 76 29,000
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 153 11,989
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 98 - 43 21,396
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 52 - 117 15,200
SAT 17/08/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 45 - 105 14,100

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -1- 3 46 131.8% 1,248 947
Geelong 2nd 11 -1- 3 46 125.0% 1,100 880
Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 141.7% 1,363 962
St Kilda 4th 10 -0- 5 40 127.5% 1,167 915
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 5 40 125.0% 1,186 949
Carlton 6th 9 -0- 6 36 107.7% 1,072 995
Footscray 7th 7 -0- 8 28 97.5% 984 1,009
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 89.5% 898 1,003
Collingwood 9th 6 -0- 9 24 98.1% 1,107 1,128
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 11 16 74.1% 1,052 1,419
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 12 12 71.1% 1,035 1,456
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 14 4 59.5% 807 1,356

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 78 - 85 15,170
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 117 - 36 14,475
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 99 - 55 17,000
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 129 - 68 43,057
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 84 - 39 9,506
SAT 24/08/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 90 - 69 44,900

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -1- 3 50 134.4% 1,347 1,002
Geelong 2nd 11 -1- 4 46 120.5% 1,169 970
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 144.9% 1,492 1,030
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 5 44 132.3% 1,303 985
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 5 44 127.7% 1,257 984
Carlton 6th 9 -0- 7 36 106.5% 1,150 1,080
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 8 32 94.2% 982 1,042
Footscray 8th 7 -0- 9 28 93.8% 1,039 1,108
Collingwood 9th 6 -0- 10 24 93.5% 1,175 1,257
Richmond 10th 4 -0- 12 16 73.0% 1,120 1,534
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 12 16 72.6% 1,091 1,503
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 15 4 57.2% 843 1,473

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 134 - 87 16,882
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 28 - 84 27,231
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 95 - 34 29,732
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 45 - 86 12,963
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 50 - 97 17,780
SAT 31/08/1963 2:20 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 55 - 128 22,920

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -1- 3 54 136.9% 1,433 1,047
Geelong 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 125.9% 1,264 1,004
Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 147.1% 1,589 1,080
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 5 48 136.9% 1,387 1,013
St Kilda 5th 12 -0- 5 48 133.3% 1,385 1,039
Carlton 6th 9 -0- 8 36 100.8% 1,184 1,175
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 9 32 91.0% 1,027 1,128
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 10 28 97.4% 1,309 1,344
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 10 28 89.5% 1,067 1,192
Richmond 10th 4 -0- 13 16 71.7% 1,170 1,631
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 13 16 70.3% 1,146 1,631
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 16 4 57.9% 930 1,607

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 91 - 59 15,319
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 83 - 56 29,700
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 109 9,951
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 52 - 90 35,500
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 91 - 56 24,871
SAT 07/09/1963 2:20 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 116 - 32 22,800

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -1- 4 54 130.6% 1,485 1,137
Geelong 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 128.2% 1,354 1,056
Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 147.9% 1,680 1,136
St Kilda 4th 13 -0- 5 52 140.1% 1,501 1,071
Essendon 5th 13 -0- 5 52 137.5% 1,470 1,069
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 8 40 103.3% 1,275 1,234
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 10 32 85.1% 1,059 1,244
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 11 28 95.7% 1,365 1,427
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 11 28 87.8% 1,126 1,283
Richmond 10th 5 -0- 13 20 75.8% 1,279 1,687
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 14 16 69.8% 1,202 1,722
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 17 4 57.5% 986 1,716

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1963 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 71 - 64 88,914
SAT 21/09/1963 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Geelong MCG 82 - 101 91,471

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1963 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne MCG 77 - 68 86,546

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1963 2:50 PM Geelong v Hawthorn MCG 109 - 60 101,209