1963 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1963 between Footscray and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Footscray (4.4.28) were defeated by Essendon (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 August 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 27,231

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 4.4.28 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 2 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 4 4 . 4 (28)
Essendon 1 . 6 4 . 8 7 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 56 ESSE by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
38 Bendelle, Col ? ? 0 ?
20 Bradley, John ? ? 1 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
39 Gray, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
47 Schultz, Robert ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 4

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 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 ? ? 1 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
55 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Graham, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 3 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

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