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 65th 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.
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| Date | 29 September 1962 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 98,385 | |||||||||||||||
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Teams
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 Carlton
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Umpire – Jack Irving
Scoreboard
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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| Essendon | 6.5 (41) | 7.7 (49) | 10.10 (70) | 13.12 (90) |
| Carlton | 1.1 (7) | 5.6 (36) | 7.8 (50) | 8.10 (58) |
Statistics
editGoalkickers
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Essendon:
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Carlton:
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Attendance
edit- MCG crowd – 98,385
References
edit- 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