1963 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1963 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Kevin Murray.

Essendon (16.21.117) defeated Fitzroy (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 24 August 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,475

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.21.117 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 5 . 13 11 . 17 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 61 ESSE by 81 ESSE by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: John Coleman

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Kevin Murray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Grant

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
42 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
55 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
4 Graham, Ian ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 2 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 1 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 21

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Bahen, John ? ? 2 ?
26 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Beers, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
8 Carroll, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Clements, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
18 Duncan, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 ?
25 Fitzgerald, Barry ? ? 0 ?
9 Fry, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 ?
54 O'Mara, Terry ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 6

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