1963 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1963 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Kevin Murray.

Melbourne (14.10.94) defeated Fitzroy (8.7.55).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,462

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.10.94 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 4 11 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 5 . 3 5 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 13 MELB by 37 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Kevin Murray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Toohey

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 5 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 2 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
39 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thiessen, Tony ? ? 1 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
38 Anderson, Allan ? ? 0 ?
13 Bahen, John ? ? 2 ?
26 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 ?
35 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 2 ?
28 Clements, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 ?
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 ?
37 Elliott, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Haag, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
43 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
34 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Rippon, Barry ? ? 2 ?
1 Sykes, David ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 7

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