1963 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1963 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round five of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Murray and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Fitzroy (6.15.51) were defeated by Essendon (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 18,504

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 6.15.51 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 6 2 . 9 5 . 14 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Essendon 1 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin FITZ by 4 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 61 ESSE by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Kevin Murray

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 ?
35 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
28 Clements, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
33 Dixon, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 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 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
36 Rippon, Barry ? ? 2 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 1 ?
1 Sykes, David ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 4 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Fenton, Garry ? ? 0 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
3 Matthews, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh (vc) ? ? 1 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
9 Raitt, Noel ? ? 2 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 16

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