1964 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1964 between Footscray and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1964 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (12.6.78) defeated Melbourne (4.14.38).

Match Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 August 1964
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,553

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 12.6.78 - 4.14.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 0 6 . 1 7 . 1 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Melbourne 1 . 4 2 . 6 4 . 13 4 . 14 4 . 14 (38)
Margin FOOT by 8 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
35 Barr, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 ?
20 Bradley, John ? ? 3 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 ?
29 Gray, Bob ? ? 2 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
44 Miles, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
40 Peters, Garry ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 6

Melbourne

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

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