1963 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1963 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round two of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Kevin Murray.

Footscray (15.11.101) defeated Fitzroy (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 April 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,791

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.11.101 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 4 . 3 7 . 4 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 2 . 7 6 . 11 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin FITZ by 4 FOOT by 8 FITZ by 1 FOOT by 46 FOOT by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Kevin Murray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
40 Becker, Niels ? ? 0 ?
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 3 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
34 Graham, Max ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 3 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 2 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Bahen, John ? ? 1 ?
26 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Beers, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 2 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
37 Elliott, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
34 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 ?
14 Miers, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Pollock, Brett ? ? 1 ?
4 Powell, Ian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Sykes, David ? ? 2 ?
10 Williams, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 13

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