NON-PREMIERSHIP MATCHES

1962 VFL NIGHT PREMIERSHIP

RESULTS
ABOUT
TEAMS / FORMAT
MATCH REPORTS
RESULTS

SUMMARY OF RESULTS

Date

Teams

1/4

1/2

3/4

Final

Margin

Venue

Day/Time

Crowd

ROUND 1

Aug-31

South Melbourne (12)

1.2 (8)

2.7 (19)

3.11 (29)

3.14 (32)

33

Lake Oval,

Fri

13,500

North Melbourne (11)

2.3 (15)

4.4 (28)

6.5 (41)

9.11 (65)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-04

Richmond (8)

3.2 (20)

4.4 (28)

9.7 (61)

12.9 (81)

17

Lake Oval,

Tue

11,600

Fitzroy (10)

3.1 (19)

6.3 (39)

7.4 (46)

9.10 (64)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-07

Collingwood (7)

1.0 (6)

5.11 (41)

8.11 (59)

16.16 (112)

43

Lake Oval,

Fri

11,300

St Kilda (6)

3.4 (22)

3.4 (22)

8.7 (55)

10.9 (69)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-11

Footscray (5)

5.5 (35)

5.6 (36)

8.9 (57)

9.10 (64)

23

Lake Oval,

Tue

13,560

Hawthorn (9)

3.3 (21)

6.9 (45)

7.18 (60)

11.21 (87)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

SEMI FINALS

Sep-14

North Melbourne (11)

1.4 (10)

4.4 (28)

8.8 (56)

9.8 (62)

23

Lake Oval,

Fri

17,100

Richmond (8)

2.2 (14)

6.6 (42)

8.7 (55)

12.13 (85)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-18

Collingwood (7)

2.3 (15)

4.3 (27)

6.6 (42)

7.7 (49)

72

Lake Oval,

Tue

20,100

Hawthorn (9)

3.1 (19)

8.4 (52)

14.10 (94)

18.13 (121)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

GRAND FINAL

Sep-24

Richmond vs Hawthorn moved to Sept.26 due to torrential rain

Mon

-

Sep-26

Richmond (8)

1.6 (12)

3.10 (28)

5.14 (44)

8.16 (64)

4

Lake Oval,

Wed

24,550

Hawthorn (9)

2.0 (12)

4.2 (26)

6.4 (40)

9.6 (60)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

 

ABOUT

ABOUT THE 1962 SERIES

*Richmond's drought broken - the 1962 night title was the Tigers' first senior flag since winning the 1943 VFL Premiership and the 1953 Lightning Premiership.

*Curtain-raisers - played for the first time since 1957 and featured a round-robin competition between schoolboy teams from Altona, Clayton, Middle Park, Newport, South Melbourne Y.C.W., West Altona, Williamstown C.Y.M.S. - Newport won the inaugural Shell-South Melbourne FC Junior Night Premiership Shield.

*Fight the darkness - a series preview in the Round 18 edition of the Football Record notes: "The Football Record will be published for night matches and, to assist patrons, the list of players' names will be printed in larger type than usual."

*Peck fires - Hawthorn's John Peck kicked 7 goals against Collingwood in the second semi-final and was the leading goalkicker of the series with 12 goals from three matches.

TEAMS / FORMAT

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The series featured the eight teams that missed the VFL finals series:
5th - Footscray
6th - St Kilda
7th - Collingwood
8th - Richmond
9th - Hawthorn
10th - Fitzroy
11th - North Melbourne
12th - South Melbourne
They competed for the K.G. Luke Trophy (valued at £75 and donated by VFL President Kenneth Luke) with the winning team receiving a £200 cash prize.

SERIES FORMAT

The teams were randomly drawn in the opening round (5 vs 9 / 6 vs 7 / 8 vs 10 / 11 vs 12) with winning teams advancing to the next stage, and losing teams eliminated from the series.

MATCH REPORTS

MATCH REPORTS

Listed below are match reports for all 7 games played during the series. This is the first time these reports have been collated and published online or in print. Unless otherwise noted the information was sourced from The Football Record and The Age newspaper.

ROUND 1
SEMI FINALS
G.F. TEAMS
GRAND FINAL
ROUND 1

Match 1 - Friday, August 31

SOUTH MELBOURNE

1.2 (8)

2.7 (19)

3.11 (29)

3.14 (32)

NORTH MELBOURNE

2.3 (15)

4.4 (28)

6.5 (41)

9.11 (65)

BEST PLAYERS:

South Melbourne

Johnson, Hynes, McLaughlin, Heriot, McGowan, Crough

North Melbourne

Gaudion, McCarthy, Serong, Dugdale, Waddington, Stewart

GOALKICKERS:

South Melbourne

Heriot, Kingston, Johnson

North Melbourne

Dugdale 5, McCarthy, Aylett, Allen, F. Goode

REPLACEMENTS:

South Melbourne

Smith replaced Reilly (last quarter)

North Melbourne

Robinson replaced McCarthy (last quarter)

UMPIRE:

Andrew

CROWD:

13,500

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 2 - Tuesday, September 4

RICHMOND

3.2 (20)

4.4 (28)

9.7 (61)

12.9 (81)

FITZROY

3.1 (19)

6.3 (39)

7.4 (46)

9.10 (64)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Barrot, Roger Dean, Cameron, Branton, Gahan, Saddington, Robertson

Fitzroy

Campbell, Hayes, Mackenzie, Elliott, Clark, Harvey, Sleep

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Roger Dean 3, Ron Dean 2, Richmond 2, Saddington 2, Langridge, Jacobs, Hayden

Fitzroy

Campbell 4, Beers 2, Elliott, Slocum, Vernon

REPLACEMENTS:

Richmond

Jacobs replaced Moloney (half-time)

Lockhart replaced Patterson (last quarter)

Fitzroy

(none)

UMPIRE:

Hodgson

CROWD:

11,600

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 3 - Friday, September 7

COLLINGWOOD

1.0 (6)

5.11 (41)

8.11 (59)

16.16 (112)

ST KILDA

3.4 (22)

3.4 (22)

8.7 (55)

10.9 (69)

BEST PLAYERS:

Collingwood

Poore, Henderson, Gray, R. Rose, Roper, Tuddenham, Delanty

St Kilda

Oswald, K. Roberts, Hodgkin, Smith, Guyett, Apted

GOALKICKERS:

Collingwood

R. Rose 4, Weideman 3, Roper 2, Poore 2, Johnson 2, Tuddenham 2, K. Rose

St Kilda

Guyatt 2, Smith 2, McHugh 2, Hodgkin, K. Roberts, Morton, Rowland

REPLACEMENTS:

Collingwood

K. Rose replaced Roper (last quarter)

Chapman replaced Bone (last quarter)

St Kilda

Apted replaced Howell (selected side)

Nowlan replaced Cross (second quarter)

UMPIRE:

Hocking

CROWD:

11,300

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 4 - Tuesday, September 11

FOOTSCRAY

5.5 (35)

5.6 (36)

8.9 (57)

9.10 (64)

HAWTHORN

3.3 (21)

6.9 (45)

7.18 (60)

11.21 (87)

BEST PLAYERS:

Footscray

Evans, Whitten, Hoiles, Hobbs, Schultz, Walker

Hawthorn

Youren, Arthur, Critchley, S. Hay, Fisher, P. Hay, I. Law

GOALKICKERS:

Footscray

Whitten 2, Duff 2, Hobbs 2, G. Ion, Slattery, Ware

Hawthorn

Peck 3, Arthur 2, Nalder 2, Haslem 2, Law 2

REPLACEMENTS:

Footscray

Darcy replaced Harrington in the selected side then replaced Spargo (three-qtr time)

B. Ion replaced Quarrell (three-quarter time)

Hawthorn

Connell replaced Watson (half-time)

UMPIRE:

Brophy

CROWD:

13,560

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

SEMI FINALS

Match 5 - Friday, September 14

NORTH MELBOURNE

1.4 (10)

4.4 (28)

8.8 (56)

9.8 (62)

RICHMOND

2.2 (14)*

6.6 (42)

8.7 (55)

12.13 (85)

BEST PLAYERS:

North Melbourne

Cheatley, Aylett, Gaudion, Snell, Ibrahim, Andrews

Richmond

Swift, Branton, Robertson, Dean, Simpson, Williamson, Richardson

GOALKICKERS:

North Melbourne

Andrews 3, Serong, Dugdale, Darby, Aylett, O’Brien, Dean

Richmond

Dean 3, Williamson 2, Richmond, Cameron, Serich, Langridge, Jacobs, Saddington, Branton

REPLACEMENTS:

North Melbourne

Robinson replaced McAuliffe (third quarter)

Allison replaced Snell (last quarter)

Richmond

McMillan replaced Simpson (last quarter)

Smith replaced Langridge (last quarter)

UMPIRE:

Crouch

CROWD:

17,100

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

SCORE DISCREPANCY:

Richmond's 1/4 time score in The Football Record = 2.2 (The Age has 2.3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 6 - Tuesday, September 18

COLLINGWOOD

2.3 (15)

4.3 (27)

6.6 (42)

7.7 (49)

HAWTHORN

3.1 (19)

8.4 (52)

14.10 (94)

18.13 (121)

BEST PLAYERS:

Collingwood

Turner, Norman, Poore, Roper, Henderson

Hawthorn

Nalder, Peck, P. Hay, Youren, Mort, Law, Fisher

GOALKICKERS:

Collingwood

Poore 3, Norman 2, Roper, Johnston

Hawthorn

Peck 7, Nalder 5, Haslem 2, Olsson 2, S. Hay, Mort

REPLACEMENTS:

Collingwood

Chapman replaced Rist (three-quarter time)

K. Rose replaced Chapman (last quarter)

Hawthorn

Joyce replaced Arthur (last quarter)

UMPIRE:

Hodgson

CROWD:

20,100*

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

CROWD DISCREPANCY:

The Football Record has a crowd of 20,100, The Age (19-9-1962) has 20,000

 

G.F. TEAMS

RICHMOND

COACH

Des Rowe

 

BACKS

Branton (C)

Swift

Cameron

HALF-BACKS

Gahan

Richardson

Robertson

CENTRES

Simpson

Barrot

Grimmond

HALF-FORWARDS

Jacobs

Richmond

Roger Dean

FORWARDS

Williamson

Guinane

Lockhart

FOLLOWERS

Patterson

Serich

ROVER

Langridge

 

RESERVES

Saddington

McMillan

EMERGENCIES

Smith

Ron Dean

HAWTHORN

COACH

John Kennedy

 

BACKS

Cabble

P. Hay

Beck

HALF-BACKS

McMahon

Young

Critchley

CENTRES

Fisher

Youren

Albiston

HALF-FORWARDS

Mort

Olsson

Nalder

FORWARDS

Haslem

Peck

S. Hay

FOLLOWERS

Dickson

Arthur (C)

ROVER

Law

 

RESERVES

Cutter

Connell

EMERGENCIES

Joyce, Porter, Watson, Harris

 

GRAND FINAL

1962 VFL NIGHT PREMIERSHIP - GRAND FINAL

Match 7 - Wednesday, September 26

RICHMOND

1.6 (12)

3.10 (28)

5.14 (44)

8.16 (64)

HAWTHORN

2.0 (12)

4.2 (26)

6.4 (40)

9.6 (60)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Swift, Dean, Branton, Jacobs, Lockhart, Barrot, Richmond

Hawthorn

Arthur, P. Hay, Cabble, Youren, Mort, Law, Dickson

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Jacobs 3, Lockhart 2, Dean, Patterson, Richmond

Hawthorn

Law 2, Peck 2, Mort 2, Albiston, Arthur, S. Hay

REPLACEMENTS:

Richmond

McMillan replaced Langridge (three-quarter time)

Saddington replaced Richardson (last quarter)

Hawthorn

(none)

UMPIRE:

Nunn

CROWD:

24,550

SOURCE:

AGE/SUN/Football Record

NOTES:

Originally scheduled Sept.24 but postponed due to inclement weather.

 

Written and researched by David Eastman
First published 15/2/2017
Last updated 30/4/2022