1963

1963

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1963 Summary

Fresh from a Grand Final appearance in 1962, the Blues looked toward 1963 with optimism. Under incumbent coach Ken Hands, and a new captain in John Nicholls, the team was competitive at first, with six victories in the first seven rounds.

However, four of those first six wins came by 8 points or less, so our results weren’t quite as good as they seemed. Remarkably, Carlton’s first three defeats (in rounds 6, 8 and 9) saw margins of 6 points or less, and during the first nine rounds, Carlton played in seven games where the biggest difference between the two sides was 8 points. Two other results; our round 15 win against Essendon, and our round 16 loss to Richmond, continued the trend of close matches. By seasons end, Carlton had played in nine (out of 18) games with a maximum margin of 8 points!

But four consecutive losses between rounds 8 and 11 decided Carlton’s fate. Those defeats dropped the club out of the top four, and even four wins in the last seven games wasn't good enough to lift the club back into finals contention. In the end, a 10-8 win/loss record saw the Blues finish in a deeply disappointing sixth place, three wins short of the finals.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Hawthorn	13	1	4	54	205.255.1485	157.195.1137	130.6
2	Geelong	13	1	4	54	180.274.1354	142.204.1056	128.2
3	Melbourne	13	0	5	52	240.240.1680	161.170.1136	147.9
4	St Kilda	13	0	5	52	210.241.1501	148.183.1071	140.1
5	Essendon	13	0	5	52	206.234.1470	148.181.1069	137.5
6	Carlton	10	0	8	40	177.213.1275	170.214.1234	103.3
7	Nth Melbourne	8	0	10	32	146.183.1059	174.200.1244	85.1
8	Collingwood	7	0	11	28	195.195.1365	203.209.1427	95.7
9	Footscray	7	0	11	28	156.190.1126	178.215.1283	87.8
10	Richmond	5	0	13	20	184.175.1279	243.229.1687	75.8
11	Sth Melbourne	4	0	14	16	171.176.1202	242.270.1722	69.8
12	Fitzroy	1	0	17	4	137.164.986	241.270.1716	57.5