1963 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1963 Victorian Football League season December 2021 October 2011 1963 VFL 50px 15.19 (109) 50px 8.12 (60) GEE HAW 3.3 (21) 7.10 (52) 9.13 (67) 15.19 (109) 3.6 (24) 5.6 (36) 8.9 (57) 8.12 (60) 5 October 1963 101,209 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1962 1964 The 1963 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1963. It was the 66th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1963 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,209 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory. Background 1963 VFL season Hawthorn were minor premiers as a result of their superior percentage, as both clubs had finished the home and away season with 13 wins and a draw. Geelong was contesting its eighth VFL grand final and chasing its sixth premiership, having most recently contested in 1953 and last won in 1952. The Hawks were contesting their second VFL grand final, having beaten to win their maiden premiership in 1961. For the Cats, this was the third consecutive match they were playing against Hawthorn, having met at Glenferrie Oval in the final round of the home-and-away season, then in the second semi-final two weeks later. After the Cats' important win at Glenferrie, coach Bob Davis, when asked by a reporter what he thought of Hawthorn, called them "the roughest, dirtiest side that [he] had ever seen" and that "Any time they want to play football, we'll give them a hiding". Davis later admitted he didn't care what he said at the time, and Hawthorn coach John Kennedy Sr. took offence at Davis' comments about dirty play, stating that while his team certainly played a vigorous brand of football, he never asked players to deliberately "fix up" opposition players.Hawke (2014), p. 189 Teams _thinwhitehoops _3whitehoops 1C3C63 000000 1C3C63 Geelong _brown_stripes_copia _hoops_gold FBBF15 823F00 Hawthorn #FFFFFF Geelong Geelong Football Club #1C3C63 Ian Scott Roy West John Watts John Devine Peter Walker Stewart Lord Hugh Routley Alistair Lord John Brown Gordon Hynes Fred Wooller (c) John Sharrock John Yeates Doug Wade Colin Rice Graham Farmer Paul Vinar Bill Goggin Ken Goodland Tony Polinelli Bob Davis #4D2004 Hawthorn Hawthorn Football Club #FBBF15 David Parkin Phil Hay Graham Cooper Sted Hay Garry Young Cam McPherson John Fisher Ron Nalder Colin Youren Graham Arthur (c) Kevin Coverdale Ian Mort Rodney Olsson John Peck David Albiston Ken Beck Allan Woodley Ian Law Peter Lyon Kevin Connell John Kennedy Umpire – Jeff Crouch Scorecard 1963 VFL Grand Final Saturday, 5 October 2:50pm Michael Tuck John Kennedy 3.6 (24) 5.6 (36) 8.9 (57) 8.12 (60) Peck 3Woodley, Law, Coverdale, Mort, Fisher 1 Arthur, Nalder, Coverdale, Mort, Young, Youren, P Hay, Law, Fisher A Fred Wooller Bob Davis 3.3 (21) 7.10 (52) 9.13 (67) 15.19 (109) 3 Wooller, Hynes 2 Yeates, Goggin, Rice, A Lord 1 Wade Farmer, Devine, Scott, Goggin, Walker, West, Watts, Hynes MCG 101,209 Report Crouch Seven Network Gate takings £31,216 References Bibliography Atkinson Graeme Brant Atkinson 2009 The Complete Book of AFL Finals 4th The Five Mile Press Scoresby, Victoria 9781742112756 Hawke Steve Polly Farmer 2014 The Slattery Media Group Richmond, Victoria 2nd 9780992363154 Ross John 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported Viking Ringwood, Victoria 1996 0-670-86814-0 See also 1963 VFL season http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/119000 1963 VFL Grand Final Souvenir Edition The Football Record 52 33 State Library of Victoria Victorian Football League 5 October 1963 Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Geelong Football Club Category:Hawthorn Football Club