1963 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1963 between Geelong and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Fred Wooller captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Geelong (14.15.99) defeated Essendon (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 August 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 40,885

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 14.15.99 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 7 . 9 9 . 11 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Wooller
Coach: Bob Davis

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 1 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 3 ?
29 Routley, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, John ? ? 1 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred (c) ? ? 2 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 15

Essendon

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

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