1963 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1963 between Essendon and Footscray during round six of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (13.16.94) defeated Footscray (6.18.54).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,455

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 13.16.94 - 6.18.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 8 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Footscray 3 . 6 5 . 10 6 . 12 6 . 18 6 . 18 (54)
Margin FOOT by 9 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Fenton, Garry ? ? 0 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
3 Matthews, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 7 ?
9 Raitt, Noel ? ? 1 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
44 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 ?
32 Parsons, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 2 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 18

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