1962 VFL Grand Final

Essendon	Carlton
13.12 (90)	8.10 (58)

Date

29 September 1962

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Attendance

98,385

← 1961

VFL Grand Final

1963 →

The 1962 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1962. It was the 66th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1962 VFL season. The match, attended by 98,385 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 32 points, marking that club's 11th premiership victory.

It was Carlton's first appearance in a Grand Final since the 1949 VFL Grand Final. Essendon had been losing Grand Finalists on three occasions since their last flag in 1950 and this was their first premiership under coach John Coleman.

Teams

Essendon
B:	5 David Shaw	36 Paul Doran	24 Don McKenzie
HB:	28 Alec Epis	10 Ian Shelton	32 Barry Davis
C:	14 Russell Blew	18 Graeme Beissel	12 Barry Capuano
HF:	16 Graeme Johnston	23 Ken Fraser	19 John Somerville
F:	25 Ken Timms	7 Charlie Payne	11 John Birt
Foll:	30 Geoff Leek	31 Hugh Mitchell	1 Jack Clarke (c)
Reserve(s):	34 Brian Sampson	6 Geoff Gosper
Coach:	John Coleman

Carlton
B:	8 John Benetti	18 Peter Barry	16 Maurie Sankey
HB:	26 Graeme Anderson	20 Wes Lofts	14 Bob Crowe
C:	19 Ian Collins	9 Berkley Cox	30 Murray Kick
HF:	13 Graham Donaldson (c)	10 John James	12 John Gill
F:	5 Ken Greenwood	22 Tom Carroll	36 Peter Falconer
Foll:	2 John Nicholls	1 Sergio Silvagni	31 Bruce Williams
Reserve(s):	32 Vasil Varlamos	23 Martin Cross
Coach:	Ken Hands

Umpire - Jack Irving

Scoreboard

Team	1	2	3	Final
Essendon	6.5	7.7	10.10	13.12 (90)
Carlton	1.1	5.6	7.8	8.10 (58)

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon:

Birt 4
Clarke 2
Mitchell 2
Payne 2
Johnston 1
Leek 1
Timms 1

Carlton:

Williams 3
Nicholls 2
Cross 1
Donaldson 1
Greenwood 1

Attendance

MCG crowd - 98,385

References

AFL Tables: 1962 Grand Final
The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
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

Victorian/Australian Football League Grand Finals

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Essendon Football Club 1962 VFL premiers

Essendon 13.12 (90) defeated Carlton 8.10 (58), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Clarke (c) 5. Shaw 6. Gosper 7. Payne 10. Shelton 11. Birt 12. Capuano 14. Blew 16. Johnston 18. Beissel 19. Somerville 23. Fraser 24. McKenzie 25. Timms 28. Epis 30. Leek 31. Mitchell 32. Davis 34. Sampson 36. Doran

Coach: Coleman

Essendon Football Club

History Premierships and records Players Captains Coaches Awards W. S. Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers Captain: Jobe Watson Coach: John Worsfold Nickname: Bombers

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Carlton Football Club

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1962 VFL Grand Final

Teams

Scoreboard

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

References

See also