NON-PREMIERSHIP MATCHES

1963 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

Sep-10

Collingwood (8)

4.2 (26)

5.8 (38)

9.11 (65)

14.13 (97)

32

Lake Oval,

Tue

7,550

South Melbourne (11)

3.1 (19)

4.4 (28)

5.10 (40)

9.11 (65)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-13

Richmond (10)

3.2 (20)

4.5 (29)

4.6 (30)

7.13 (55)

8

Lake Oval,

Fri

11,100

Essendon (5)

0.4 (4)

1.5 (11)

2.9 (21)

6.11 (47)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-16

Carlton (6)

0.1 (1)

2.8 (20)

3.9 (27)

10.15 (75)

31

Lake Oval,

Mon

7,100

Fitzroy (12)

4.4 (28)

4.4 (28)

6.8 (44)

6.8 (44)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-20

Footscray (9)

2.2 (14)

6.4 (40)

8.8 (56)

8.11 (59)

6

Lake Oval,

Fri

15,500

North Melbourne (7)

1.1 (7)

3.6 (24)

4.8 (32)

7.11 (53)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

SEMI FINALS

Sep-23

Collingwood vs Richmond moved to Sept.24 due to torrential rain

Mon

-

Sep-24

Collingwood (8)

2.1 (13)

4.3 (27)

6.7 (43)

6.10 (46)

26

Lake Oval,

Tue

17,486

Richmond (10)

5.2 (32)

7.2 (44)

9.5 (59)

11.6 (72)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

Sep-25

Carlton (6)

1.1 (7)

3.4 (22)

4.4 (28)

4.6 (30)

43

Lake Oval,

Wed

15,380

Footscray (9)

5.1 (31)

7.1 (43)

8.5 (53)

11.7 (73)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

GRAND FINAL

Sep-30

Richmond vs Footscray moved to Oct.2 due to torrential rain

Mon

-

Oct-02

Richmond (10)

2.4 (16)

6.5 (41)

8.8 (56)

9.9 (63)

6

Lake Oval,

Wed

25,276

Footscray (9)

2.0 (12)

6.1 (37)

7.4 (46)

10.9 (69)

South Melbourne

(8:00pm)

 

ABOUT

ABOUT THE 1963 SERIES

*Footscray's flag - the Bulldogs broke through for their first night title, and just their second senior flag of any sort since moving from the VFA to the VFL in 1925.

The Age match report of the 1963 Night Grand Final notes that after the game jubilant Bulldogs supporters joined the players in chairing captain-coach Ted Whitten senior from the field.

*Curtain-raisers - a round-robin competition between: Altona, Central Altona, Clayton, South Melbourne Y.C.W., Spotswood, Springvale, West Newport, Williamstown C.Y.M.S.

*Leading Goalkicker of the Series - Richmond's Peter Hogan led all scorers with 7 goals from three matches played.

Picture
The Age announces Footscray's breakthrough win (4-10-1963)
TEAMS / FORMAT

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The series featured the eight teams that missed the VFL finals series:
5th - Essendon
6th - Carlton
7th - North Melbourne
8th - Collingwood
9th - Footscray
10th - Richmond
11th - South Melbourne
12th - Fitzroy
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 10 / 6 vs 12 / 7 vs 9 / 8 vs 11) 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 - Tuesday, September 10

COLLINGWOOD

4.2 (26)

5.8 (38)

9.11 (65)

14.13 (97)

SOUTH MELBOURNE

3.1 (19)

4.4 (28)

5.10 (40)

9.11 (65)

BEST PLAYERS:

Collingwood

Watt, Henderson, Bone, Urquhart, Hutchesson, Marshall, Rist

South Melbourne

Johnston, Heriot, Magee, Rantall, Porter

GOALKICKERS:

Collingwood

Bone 3, Steer 3, Rist 2, R. Rose, K. Rose, Norman, Watt, Hutchesson, Chapman

South Melbourne

Heriot 4, McGowan 2, Burke, Skilton, Ross

REPLACEMENTS:

Collingwood

Bone replaced Murton (selected side)

Johnson replaced Roper (three-quarter time)

Norman replaced Chapman (last quarter)

South Melbourne

Magee replaced Phillips (selected side)

McLaughlin replaced White (three-quarter time)

Heyme replaced Alexander (last quarter)

UMPIRE:

Blew

CROWD:

7,550*

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

CROWD DISCREPANCY:

The Football Record has a crowd of 7,500, The Age (11-9-1962) has 7,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 2 - Friday, September 13

RICHMOND

3.2 (20)*

4.5 (29)

4.6 (30)

7.13 (55)

ESSENDON

0.4 (4)

1.5 (11)

2.9 (21)

6.11 (47)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Madigan, Guinane, Richmond, Swift, Dean, Gahan

Essendon

Davis, Shaw, Somerville, Clarke, Payne, Doran

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Guinane 3, Swift 2, Jacobs, Hogan

Essendon

Rodgers 2, Payne 2, Matthews, Johnston

REPLACEMENTS:

Richmond

Jacobs replaced Simpson (second quarter)

Arnold replaced Caulfield (third quarter)

Essendon

Matthews replaced Shelton (half-time)

Booth replaced Egan (half-time)

UMPIRE:

Gaudion

CROWD:

11,100*

SOURCE:

SUN/Football Record

CROWD DISCREPANCY:

The Football Record has a crowd of 11,000, The Sun (14-9-1962) has 11,100

SCORE DISCREPANCY:

Richmond's 1/4 time score in The Football Record = 3.2 (The Sun has 2.2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 3 - Monday, September 16

CARLTON

0.1 (1)

2.8 (20)

3.9 (27)

10.15 (75)

FITZROY

4.4 (28)

4.4 (28)

6.8 (44)

6.8 (44)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Silvagni, Kick, Nicholls, Comben, Collins, James

Fitzroy

Crow, Hayes, Fry, Lazarus, McCrae, Bahen

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Hall 4, James, Nicholls, Ogilvie, Gill, Kick, Cox

Fitzroy

Ward 2, Crow, McCrae, Lazarus, Bahen

REPLACEMENTS:

Carlton

Collins replaced Anderson (selected side)

McMaster-Smith replaced Hardie (last quarter)

Fitzroy

Beattie replaced Lynch (selected side)

Eastman replaced Slocum (last quarter)

Miers replaced Brown (last quarter)

UMPIRE:

Nunn

CROWD:

7,100

SOURCE:

AGE/SUN/Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 4 - Friday, September 20

FOOTSCRAY

2.2 (14)

6.4 (40)

8.8 (56)

8.11 (59)

NORTH MELBOURNE

1.1 (7)

3.6 (24)

4.8 (32)

7.11 (53)

BEST PLAYERS:

Footscray

J. Schultz, Spargo, Walker, Hobbs, Hoiles, Bisset

North Melbourne

Waddington, Delanty, Ibrahim, Robertson, Aylett, Dwyer

GOALKICKERS:

Footscray

Hobbs 2, Bisset 2, Charles, Darcy, G. Ion, Bradley

North Melbourne

Ibrahim 3, Jenkins, Dugdale, Robertson, Aylett

REPLACEMENTS:

Footscray

Chalmers replaced Hunter (selected side)

Ware replaced Duff (last quarter)

North Melbourne

Benton replaced Palmer (last quarter)

UMPIRE:

Fisher

CROWD:

15,500

SOURCE:

SUN/Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

SEMI FINALS

Match 5 - Tuesday, September 24

COLLINGWOOD

2.1 (13)

4.3 (27)

6.7 (43)

6.10 (46)

RICHMOND

5.2 (32)

7.2 (44)

9.5 (59)

11.6 (72)

BEST PLAYERS:

Collingwood

McLean, Roper, Rist, Hutchesson, K. Rose, Bone

Richmond

Grimmond, Crowe, Robertson, Hogan, Cameron, Simpson, McMillan

GOALKICKERS:

Collingwood

Bone, Urquhart, Rist, Norman, Roper, Hutchesson

Richmond

Hogan 4, Guinane 2, McMillan 2, Patterson, Jacobs, Swift

REPLACEMENTS:

Collingwood

Wright replaced Waters (third quarter)

Richmond

Serich replaced Richmond (second quarter)

Arnold replaced Guinane (three-quarter time)

UMPIRE:

Grant

CROWD:

17,486

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

NOTES:

Originally scheduled for Sept.23 but postponed due to torrential rain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 6 - Wednesday, September 25

CARLTON

1.1 (7)

3.4 (22)

4.4 (28)

4.6 (30)

FOOTSCRAY

5.1 (31)

7.1 (43)

8.5 (53)

11.7 (73)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Silvagni, Buckley, Comben, Collis, Stewart

Footscray

Hobbs, Walker, G. Ion, Spargo, Whitten, Schultz, Darcy

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Reilly, Hall, Sullivan, Nicholls

Footscray

Charles 4, G. Ion 2, McKenzie 2, Spargo, Bisset, Hobbs

REPLACEMENTS:

Carlton

Schmidt replaced Collins (first quarter)

Footscray

Dowling replaced Marsh (three-quarter time)

Ware replaced Spargo (last quarter)

UMPIRE:

Andrew

CROWD:

15,380

SOURCE:

AGE/Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

G.F. TEAMS

RICHMOND

COACH

Des Rowe

 

BACKS

Madigan

Cameron

Hickman

HALF-BACKS

Caulfield*

Gahan

Robertson

CENTRES

Simpson

Grimmond

Brown

HALF-FORWARDS

Jacobs

Swift

Barrot

FORWARDS

Patterson

Guinane

Hogan

FOLLOWERS

Crowe (C)

Warner

ROVER

McMillan

 

RESERVES

Serich

Evans*

EMERGENCIES

Brownhill*

Selleck

*Caulfield was not part of the Richmond team originally named for the final.
The postponement allowed him to recover from injury and be added to the team.
As a result, Evans moved to the bench and Brownhill was omitted.

FOOTSCRAY

COACH

E.J. Whitten

 

BACKS

Walker

Darcy

Hoiles

HALF-BACKS

Jillard

Baxter

R. Schultz

CENTRES

Smith

Spargo

Chalmers

HALF-FORWARDS

G. Ion

Whitten (C)

Vosilaitis

FORWARDS

Bisset

McKenzie

Charles

FOLLOWERS

J. Schultz

Bradley

ROVER

Hobbs

 

RESERVES

Duff

Dowling

EMERGENCIES

Ware, Marsh, Bryant, Bendelle

 

GRAND FINAL

1963 VFL NIGHT PREMIERSHIP - GRAND FINAL

Match 7 - Wednesday, October 2

RICHMOND

2.4 (16)

6.5 (41)

8.8 (56)

9.9 (63)

FOOTSCRAY

2.0 (12)

6.1 (37)

7.4 (46)

10.9 (69)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Cameron, Gahan, Brown, Barrot, Jacobs, Crowe

Footscray

Spargo, Walker, J. Schultz, Hobbs, Whitten, G.Ion, Darcy

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Jacobs 2, Hogan 2, Barrot 2, Guinane, Patterson, Warner

Footscray

Spargo 3, G. Ion 3, Hobbs, Bisset, Bradley, McKenzie

REPLACEMENTS:

Richmond

Serich replaced Swift (first quarter)

Evans replaced Hogan (last quarter)

Footscray

Duff replaced Vosilaitis (half-time)

UMPIRE:

Nunn

CROWD:

25,276*

SOURCE:

AGE/SUN/Football Record

NOTES:

Originally scheduled for Sept.30 but postponed due to inclement weather.

CROWD DISCREPANCY:

Newspaper match reports the day after the game have a crowd of 25,270

 

The 1963 VFL Grand Final Football Record a few days later (5-10-1963) has the exact crowd figure of 25,276.

 

Other editions of the Football Record in subsequent years (as well as modern AFL records) have the original rounded-off total of 25,270

 

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