1963 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1963 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round one of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Darrel Baldock captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (13.5.83) defeated Melbourne (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 April 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 31,300

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 13.5.83 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 4 13 . 5 13 . 5 (83)
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 3 9 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin level STKL by 6 MELB by 4 STKL by 18 STKL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Darrel Baldock
Coach: Allan Jeans

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Boundary Umpires

R. O'Connell

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Baldock, Darrel (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Coady, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
19 McHugh, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 McKay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Morton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 4 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 3 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 1 ?
23 Roberts, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 0 ?
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 ?
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 ?
30 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Wallis, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 5

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
1 Byers, Garry ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 2 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

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