1963 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1963 between Geelong and Footscray during round three of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Fred Wooller captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Geelong (10.25.85) defeated Footscray (10.4.64).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 26,522

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 10.25.85 - 10.4.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 3 . 14 7 . 24 10 . 25 10 . 25 (85)
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 2 6 . 2 10 . 4 10 . 4 (64)
Margin GEEL by 11 level GEEL by 28 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Wooller
Coach: Bob Davis

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Brushfield, Brian ? ? 1 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 2 ?
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 2 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Stephens, Darryl ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 2 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 25

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 5 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 4

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