1963 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1963 between Essendon and Geelong during round two of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. Fred Wooller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Essendon (16.13.109) defeated Geelong (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 April 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 40,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 16.13.109 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 5 12 . 9 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Geelong 1 . 2 3 . 6 5 . 11 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 59 ESSE by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Hugh Mitchell
Coach: John Coleman

Geelong

Captain: Fred Wooller
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Toohey

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
9 Raitt, Noel ? ? 0 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 1 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 1 ?
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 2 ?
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 0 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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