1963 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1963 between Footscray and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (3.6.24) were defeated by Melbourne (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 July 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,231

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 3.6.24 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 1 . 4 1 . 5 3 . 6 3 . 6 (24)
Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 7 8 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin FOOT by 2 MELB by 27 MELB by 44 MELB by 45 MELB by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
44 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
41 O'Halloran, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 3 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 3 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
28 Robbie, David ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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