1963 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1963 between Melbourne and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Melbourne (19.8.122) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 August 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 71,086

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 19.8.122 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 1 10 . 4 13 . 5 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Essendon 5 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 16 MELB by 21 MELB by 51 MELB by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 3 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 1 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 4 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 3 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
28 Robbie, David ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thiessen, Tony ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 8

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) ? ? 2 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 2 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
9 Raitt, Noel ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
29 Welsh, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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