1963 VFL Season Grand Final: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 5 October 1963 between Geelong and Hawthorn in the grand final of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Fred Wooller captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong (15.19.109) defeated Hawthorn (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 5 October 1963
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 101,209

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.19.109 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 7 . 10 9 . 13 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Hawthorn 3 . 6 5 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin HWTH by 3 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 49 GEEL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Wooller
Coach: Bob Davis

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Goal Umpires

H. Stevens
A. Stewart

Boundary Umpires

D. Fitzgerald
R. Kidd

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ?↓ ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Goodland, Ken SUB↑ ? 0 ?
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 2 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony SUB↑ ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 2 ?
29 Routley, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
14 Scott, Ian ? ? 0 ?
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ?↓ ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred (c) ? ? 3 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 19

K. Goodland replaced P. Vinar at three-quarter-time.
T. Polinelli replaced J. Brown during the fourth quarter.

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, David FPL ? 0 ?
2 Arthur, Graham (c) HFFR ? 0 ?
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 ?
32 Connell, Kevin SUB ? 0 ?
10 Cooper, Graham BPR ? 0 ?
11 Coverdale, Kevin CHF ? 1 ?
5 Fisher, John WL ? 1 ?
22 Hay, Phil FB ? 0 ?
20 Hay, Sted HBFR ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO ? 1 ?
1 Lyon, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Mort, Ian HFFL ? 1 ?
3 Nalder, Ron C↓ ? 0 ?
25 Olsson, Rod FPR ? 0 ?
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 3 ?
24 Woodley, Allan RR ? 1 ?
31 Young, Garry CHB ? 0 ?
30 Youren, Colin WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 12

P. Lyon replaced R. Nalder during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Bob Davis
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin 22 P. Hay 10 G. Cooper

22 K. Goodland








36 T. Polinelli
FORWARD



HALF-BACK



26 C. McPherson 31 G. Young 20 S. Hay













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 J. Fisher 3 R. Nalder 30 C. Youren









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 32 K. Connell
HALF-FORWARD 24 A. Woodley 1 P. Lyon
14 I. Mort 11 K. Coverdale 2 G. Arthur (c) 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 D. Albiston 23 J. Peck (vc) 25 R. Olsson













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy

Score Timeline

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Q4 GEEL Doug Wade goal 10.13.73 - 8.9.57 ??:??
GEEL Colin Rice behind 10.14.74 - 8.9.57 ??:??
GEEL Alistair Lord goal 11.14.80 - 8.9.57 ??:??
GEEL Gordon Hynes goal 12.14.86 - 8.9.57 ??:??
GEEL Fred Wooller goal 13.14.92 - 8.9.57 ??:??
GEEL John Sharrock behind 13.15.93 - 8.9.57 ??:??
HWTH Rod Olsson behind 13.15.93 - 8.10.58 ??:??
GEEL Gordon Hynes goal 14.15.99 - 8.10.58 ??:??
HWTH Ron Nalder behind 14.15.99 - 8.11.59 ??:??
GEEL Fred Wooller goal 15.15.105 - 8.11.59 ??:??
GEEL Doug Wade behind 15.16.106 - 8.11.59 ??:??
GEEL Gordon Hynes behind 15.17.107 - 8.11.59 ??:??
GEEL Rushed behind 15.18.108 - 8.11.59 ??:??
GEEL Alistair Lord behind 15.19.109 - 8.11.59 ??:??
HWTH David Albiston behind 15.19.109 - 8.12.60 ??:??