1963 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1963 between Footscray and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Fred Wooller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Footscray (5.8.38) were defeated by Geelong (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 August 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,645

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 5.8.38 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 1 2 . 7 4 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Geelong 5 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin GEEL by 31 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: Fred Wooller
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
39 Gray, Bob ? ? 2 ?
44 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Harrington, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
41 O'Halloran, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
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) 5 8

Geelong

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

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