1963 VFL Round 2: Melbourne v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1963 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 1963 VFL season.
Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG.
Ron Barassi captained the hosts.
Graham Arthur captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.
Melbourne
R. Barassi (capt.), F. Adams, B. Bourke, B. Carroll, N. Crompton, B. Dixon, K. Emselle, R. Groom, T. Johnson, B. Kenneally, B. Leahy, J. Lord, H. Mann, L. Mann, B. Massey, R. Miller, B. Roet, J. Townsend, B. Vagg, G. Wise
Hawthorn
Back:
D. Parkin, P. Hay, G. Cooper
Half-back:
C. McPherson, J. McArthur, B. Edwards
Centre:
J. Fisher, P. Lyon, C. Youren
Half-forward:
I. Mort, K. Coverdale, R. Nalder
Forward:
D. Albiston, J. Peck, D. Dickson
Follower:
A. Woodley, G. Arthur (capt.), I. Law
Sub.:
D. Hegarty, R. Olsson
Melbourne (14.16.100) defeated Hawthorn (13.18.96).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Barassi (4), J. Townsend (4), B. Bourke (3), F. Adams (2), R. Groom
Hawthorn: J. Peck (6), K. Coverdale (2), D. Dickson (2), R. Nalder (2), I. Law
As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Hawthorn were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1963 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Thursday 25 April 1963
Time:
2:20 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
55,293
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 4 | . | 3 | 9 | . | 7 | 13 | . | 13 | 14 | . | 16 | 14 | . | 16 | (100) |
| Hawthorn | 2 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 11 | 13 | . | 18 | 13 | . | 18 | (96) |
| Margin | MELB by 12 | MELB by 20 | MELB by 26 | MELB by 4 | MELB by 4 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Norm Smith
(Melbourne),
John Kennedy
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Ron Barassi
(Melbourne),
Graham Arthur
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Nunn
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Adams, Frank | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 31 | Barassi, Ron (c) | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 14 | Bourke, Barry | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 19 | Carroll, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Crompton, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Dixon, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Emselle, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | Groom, Ray | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 8 | Johnson, Tassie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Kenneally, Bryan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Leahy, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Lord, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Mann, Hassa | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Mann, Len | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 37 | Massey, Bernie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Miller, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Roet, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Townsend, John | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 32 | Vagg, Barrie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Wise, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 16 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Albiston, David | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Arthur, Graham (c) | RR↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Cooper, Graham | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Coverdale, Kevin | CHF | ? | 2 | ? |
| 8 | Dickson, Des | FPR | ? | 2 | ? |
| 9 | Edwards, Brendan | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Fisher, John | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Hay, Phil | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Hegarty, Danny | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Law, Ian | RO | ? | 1 | ? |
| 1 | Lyon, Peter | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | McArthur, John | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | McPherson, Cam | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Mort, Ian | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Nalder, Ron | HFFR | ? | 2 | ? |
| 25 | Olsson, Rod | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Parkin, David | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John | FF | ? | 6 | ? |
| 24 | Woodley, Allan | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Youren, Colin | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 13 | 18 | |||
R. Olsson replaced G. Arthur during the third 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Norm Smith | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 27 | D. Parkin | 22 | P. Hay | 10 | G. Cooper |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| 26 | C. McPherson | 28 | J. McArthur | 9 | B. Edwards |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| CENTRE |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| 5 | J. Fisher | 1 | P. Lyon | 30 | C. Youren |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 24 | A. Woodley | 21 | D. Hegarty | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 2 | G. Arthur (c) | 25 | R. Olsson | |||||||||||
| 14 | I. Mort | 11 | K. Coverdale | 3 | R. Nalder | 7 | I. Law |
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| 6 | D. Albiston | 23 | J. Peck | 8 | D. Dickson |
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Hawthorn | Coach: John Kennedy | ||||||||||||||