1963 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1963 between Essendon and Richmond during round eight of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. Neville Crowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Essendon (13.11.89) defeated Richmond (7.5.47).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 June 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,200

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 13.11.89 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 10 . 6 12 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Richmond 2 . 1 3 . 3 4 . 3 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 ?
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 3 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 0 ?
34 Hickman, Robert ? ? 0 ?
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 ?
4 Richmond, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
22 Selleck, Roy ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 1 ?
7 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 5

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