1963 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1963 between Footscray and Richmond during round four of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Neville Crowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Footscray (14.12.96) defeated Richmond (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,695

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 14.12.96 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Richmond 6 . 3 8 . 4 8 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 31 RICH by 10 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 3 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 3 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 ?
32 Parsons, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
24 Spurling, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 ?
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 2 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 ?
21 Garland, Tom ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 4 ?
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
39 Lienert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 McMillan, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 1 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Richmond, John ? ? 1 ?
2 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

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