1963 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1963 between Essendon and Melbourne during round three of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (9.14.68) defeated Melbourne (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,283

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 9.14.68 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 8 7 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 ?
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 ? ? 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 ? ? 1 ?
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

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