1963 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1963 between Footscray and Carlton during round seven of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Footscray (7.7.49) were defeated by Carlton (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 1 June 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,107

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 7.7.49 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 7 4 . 7 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Carlton 0 . 4 2 . 4 5 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin FOOT by 5 FOOT by 9 CARL by 6 CARL by 8 CARL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 ?
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
40 Coutts, Rod ? ? 1 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
44 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Parsons, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 7

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 2 ?
17 Collis, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
25 Comben, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Goold, John ? ? 1 ?
5 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Kick, Murray ? ? 0 ?
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 ?
40 McMaster-Smith, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 1 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

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