1963 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1963 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eight of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Melbourne (11.16.82) defeated Geelong (4.11.35).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Monday 10 June 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 81,550

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 11.16.82 - 4.11.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 11 7 . 12 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Geelong 3 . 2 3 . 3 3 . 8 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Margin GEEL by 4 MELB by 20 MELB by 28 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Thiessen, Tony ? ? 1 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 1 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 ?
38 Stephens, Darryl ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 11

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