1963 VFL season

1963 VFL season

Infobox VFL Premiership Season
year = 1963


imagesize =
caption =
teams = 12
premiers = AFL Gee
count =
minor premiers = AFL Haw
mpcount =
matches =
top goal scorer = John Peck (AFL Haw)
brownlow medalist = Gordon Collis (AFL Car)
Results and statistics for the VFL/AFL season of 1963.

Premiership season

In 1963, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1963 VFL "Premiers" were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".

Alterations to 1963 match fixtures

Persistent rain throughout the week and further heavy downpours on the Friday (12 July) caused the postponement of all round 11 matches until the following Saturday (20 July), meaning that all remaining home-and-away and finals matches were played a week later than had been scheduled (this was the last time a VFL round has been postponed).

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Ladder

Preliminary Final

Umpire - Jeff Crouch

Awards

* The 1963 VFL Premiership team was Geelong.
* The VFL's leading goalkicker was John Peck of Hawthorn who kicked 75 goals (including 6 goals in the final series).
* The winner of the 1963 Brownlow Medal was Bob Skilton of South Melbourne with 20 votes.
* Fitzroy took the "wooden spoon" in 1963.

Notable Events

* In round 5, Collingwood is the first team to score at least 100 points against Melbourne since Footscray in the 1954 Grand Final. Terry Waters kicked 7 goals in Collingwood's 15.10 (100) to 7.10 (52) victory.
* On Saturday 15 June South Australia beat Victoria 12.8 (90) to 10.13 (73) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 59,260 spectators. In a brutal return match, in Adelaide, a straighter-kicking Victoria beat South Australia 8.6 (54) to 5.12 (42). The match is notorious for a powerful king-hit delivered by Victorian John Peck, who had been included in the team for the return match in order to provide more "grunt" and physical menace, to the point of the jaw of an unsuspecting Brian Sawley. Sawley went some distance in the air before collapsing unconscious in the mud. Peck was reported. Peck's case was heard by the VFL tribunal. He provided the lame excuse (an unlikely assertion for which he provided no evidence of any kind) that Sawley had kicked him, and that he was simply retaliating. The sympathetic VFL, thankful that Victoria had not lost its second match, were most grateful for this "escape clause" that allowed them to "keep face", and suspended Peck for only two weeks on the basis that they believed that there had been extenuating circumstances.

References

* Rogers, S. & Brown, A., "Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition)", Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
* Ross, J. (ed), "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), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

External links

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/1963.html 1963 Season - AFL Tables]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_day_sa_football_came_of_age.htm Full Points Footy: Peter Argent, "1963 Interstate Match: VFL vs. South Australia: The Day South Australian Football Came of Age"]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1950 VFL season — Infobox Victorian Football League season year = 1950 imagesize = 150px caption = Premiership player Bill Hutchison clubs = 12 home and away season = 18 rounds premiership team = Essendon count = 10th minor premiers = Essendon brownlow medalist =… …   Wikipedia

  • VfL Bochum — Football club infobox clubname = VfL Bochum fullname = Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. nickname = Die Unabsteigbaren ( The Unrelegables , only prior to 1994) founded = 1848 ground = rewirpowerSTADION capacity =… …   Wikipedia

  • VfL Wolfsburg — Football club infobox clubname = VfL Wolfsburg fullname = VfL Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH nickname = Die Wölfe (The Wolves) founded = 1945 ground = Volkswagen Arena Wolfsburg capacity = 30,000 chairman = Hans Dieter Pötsch manager = flagicon|Germany… …   Wikipedia

  • VfL Köln 99 — VfL Köln 1899 Full name Verein für Leibesübungen 1899 e.V. Köln Founded 13 July 1937 League Kreisliga A Köln …   Wikipedia

  • VfL Osnabrück — Football club infobox clubname = VfL Osnabrück fullname = Verein für Leibesübungen von 1899 e.V. Osnabrück nickname = The Violets founded = 1899 ground = Osnatel Arena (formerly Bremer Brücke) capacity = 18,415 chairman = flagicon|Germany Dr.… …   Wikipedia

  • 1963–64 DFB-Pokal — 1964 DFB Pokal Country Germany Teams 32 Champions 1860 Munich Runner up Eintracht Frankfurt …   Wikipedia

  • 1963 in sports — yearbox in?=in sports cp=19th century c=20th century cf=21st century yp1=1960 yp2=1961 yp3=1962 year=1963 ya1=1964 ya2=1965 ya3=1966 dp3=1930s dp2=1940s dp1=1950s d=1960s da=0 dn1=1970s dn2=1980s dn3=1990s|AthleticsMarathon* May 4 mdash;… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Australian Football League pre-season and night series premiers — The List of Australian Football League pre season and night series premiers is a complete chronological listing of the winners of the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Australian Football League (AFL) pre season and night series competitions.… …   Wikipedia

  • Regionalliga Nord (1963-74) — The Regionalliga Nord was the second highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig… …   Wikipedia

  • Collingwood Football Club (VFL) — This article is about the Collingwood Football Club reserve team which participates in the Victorian Football League. For full information and history about the parent club and its AFL team, see Collingwood Football Club. Collingwood Names Full… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”