1963 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1963 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round five of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (8.9.57) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 18 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,251

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 8.9.57 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 3 2 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Hawthorn 4 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 9 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin HWTH by 25 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 27 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Toohey

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 ?
35 Blain, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 ?
32 Parsons, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
24 Spurling, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, David FPL ? 0 ?
2 Arthur, Graham (c) RR ? 1 ?
10 Cooper, Graham RU ? 0 ?
11 Coverdale, Kevin CHF ? 1 ?
8 Dickson, Des FPR ? 1 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan HBFR↓ ? 0 ?
5 Fisher, John WL ? 0 ?
18 Haslem, Graeme SUB↑ ? 0 ?
22 Hay, Phil FB ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO ? 1 ?
1 Lyon, Peter C↓ ? 0 ?
28 McArthur, John CHB ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Mort, Ian HFFL ? 3 ?
3 Nalder, Ron HFFR ? 0 ?
25 Olsson, Rod SUB↑ ? 0 ?
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 4 ?
24 Woodley, Allan BPR ? 0 ?
30 Youren, Colin WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

R. Olsson replaced B. Edwards at three-quarter-time.
G. Haslem replaced P. Lyon during the third quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin 22 P. Hay 24 A. Woodley













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



26 C. McPherson 28 J. McArthur 9 B. Edwards













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 J. Fisher 1 P. Lyon 30 C. Youren









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 10 G. Cooper 18 G. Haslem
HALF-FORWARD 2 G. Arthur (c) 25 R. Olsson
14 I. Mort 11 K. Coverdale 3 R. Nalder 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 D. Albiston 23 J. Peck (vc) 8 D. Dickson













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy