1963 VFL Round 13: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1963 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round 13 of the 1963 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. Graham Arthur captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Hawthorn
Back: D. Parkin, P. Hay, D. Dickson
Half-back: C. McPherson, J. McArthur, R. Olsson
Centre: C. Youren, P. Lyon, J. Fisher
Half-forward: I. Mort, K. Coverdale, R. Nalder
Forward: D. Albiston, J. Peck, K. Beck
Follower: G. Arthur (capt.), G. Cooper, I. Law
Sub.: R. Poole, A. Woodley

Melbourne
R. Barassi (capt.), F. Adams, B. Bourke, N. Crompton, R. Dawson, B. Dixon, K. Emselle, R. Groom, T. Johnson, B. Kenneally, B. Leahy, J. Lord, H. Mann, B. Massey, R. Miller, D. Robbie, B. Roet, T. Thiessen, J. Townsend, B. Vagg

Hawthorn (13.6.84) defeated Melbourne (8.14.62).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: R. Olsson (4), J. Peck (4), D. Albiston (2), K. Beck, K. Coverdale, R. Nalder
Melbourne: B. Bourke (3), F. Adams, R. Barassi, B. Dixon, K. Emselle, R. Miller

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 2nd on the ladder and Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 August 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 13.6.84 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 6 13 . 6 13 . 6 (84)
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 9 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin MELB by 12 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 15 HWTH by 22 HWTH by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captains: Graham Arthur (Hawthorn), Ron Barassi (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, David FPL ? 2 ?
2 Arthur, Graham (c) RU ? 0 ?
4 Beck, Ken FPR ? 1 ?
10 Cooper, Graham RR ? 0 ?
11 Coverdale, Kevin CHF ? 1 ?
8 Dickson, Des BPR ? 0 ?
5 Fisher, John WR ? 0 ?
22 Hay, Phil FB ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO ? 0 ?
1 Lyon, Peter C ? 0 ?
28 McArthur, John CHB ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFL↓ ? 0 ?
14 Mort, Ian HFFL ? 0 ?
3 Nalder, Ron HFFR ? 1 ?
25 Olsson, Rod HBFR ? 4 ?
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John FF ? 4 ?
29 Poole, Reg SUB↑ ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan SUB ? 0 ?
30 Youren, Colin WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 6

R. Poole replaced C. McPherson during the third quarter.

Melbourne

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

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






2 G. Arthur (c) 29 R. Poole
4 K. Beck 23 J. Peck 6 D. Albiston 10 G. Cooper 24 A. Woodley
FORWARD 7 I. Law

HALF-BACK













3 R. Nalder 11 K. Coverdale 14 I. Mort



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













5 J. Fisher 1 P. Lyon 30 C. Youren FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













25 R. Olsson 28 J. McArthur 26 C. McPherson



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 D. Dickson 22 P. Hay 27 D. Parkin



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith