1964 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1964 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1964 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ray Gabelich captained the visitors with John Henderson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Melbourne (8.16.64) defeated Collingwood (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 19 September 1964
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 102,471

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 8.16.64 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 10 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Collingwood 2 . 5 5 . 9 5 . 11 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin MELB by 1 COLL by 2 MELB by 11 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Gabelich
Vice-Captain: John Henderson
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Goal Umpires

T. Rossiter
H. Stevens

Boundary Umpires

A. Cook
J. McNiff

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 1 ?
40 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 ?
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 2 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bone, Michael ? ? 1 ?
25 Chapman, Bert ? ? 0 ?
27 Dalton, Denis ? ? 1 ?
1 Gabelich, Ray (c) ? ? 2 ?
7 Graham, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Henderson, John (vc) ? ? 0 ?
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Mahon, John ? ? 0 ?
21 McLean, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Norman, David ? ? 0 ?
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeves, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Steer, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
30 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 ?
3 Turner, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 ?
5 Waters, Terry ? ? 1 ?
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 ?
33 Wright, Duncan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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