1962 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Essendon 11th premiership |
Minor premiers | Essendon 11th minor premiership |
Consolation series | Richmond 1st Consolation series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Alistair Lord (Geelong) |
Coleman Medallist | Doug Wade (Geelong) |
Matches played | 113 |
Highest | 99,203 |
The 1962 VFL season was the 66th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 21 April until 29 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the eleventh time, after it defeated Carlton by 32 points in the 1962 VFL Grand Final.
In 1962, 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 1962 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Essendon (P) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1574 | 1207 | 130.4 | 64 |
2 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1690 | 1213 | 139.3 | 56 |
3 | Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1374 | 1092 | 125.8 | 56 |
4 | Carlton | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1361 | 1205 | 112.9 | 52 |
5 | Footscray | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1390 | 1281 | 108.5 | 44 |
6 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1379 | 1267 | 108.8 | 36 |
7 | Collingwood | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1365 | 1386 | 98.5 | 36 |
8 | Richmond | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1308 | 1446 | 90.5 | 20 |
9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1307 | 1510 | 86.6 | 20 |
10 | Fitzroy | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1222 | 1529 | 79.9 | 20 |
11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1152 | 1575 | 73.1 | 16 |
12 | South Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1193 | 1604 | 74.4 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 75.5
Source: AFL Tables
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Melbourne | 2.4 | 6.4 | 11.9 | 11.10 (76) |
Carlton | 2.3 | 6.5 | 9.7 | 11.12 (78) |
Attendance: 82,773 | ||||
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Essendon | 3.3 | 7.6 | 10.13 | 14.21 (105) |
Geelong | 2.8 | 6.13 | 7.15 | 7.17 (59) |
Attendance: 95,393 | ||||
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Geelong | 4.2 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 13.7 (85) |
Carlton | 3.3 | 4.4 | 8.9 | 12.13 (85) |
Attendance: 87,824 | ||||
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Geelong | 3.2 | 5.9 | 7.12 | 10.13 (73) |
Carlton | 1.4 | 5.8 | 9.9 | 10.18 (78) |
Attendance: 99,203 | ||||
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Essendon | 6.5 | 7.7 | 10.10 | 13.12 (90) |
Carlton | 1.1 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 8.10 (58) |
Attendance: 98,385 | ||||
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