1965 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 132.9%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Ken Fraser (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Fordham (40)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Johnny Birt

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain(s): Ian Shelton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Bruce #33 4 R06, R12, R14, R16 0
Birt, Johnny #11 20 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 37
Blew, Russell #14 20 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Brown, Greg #18 20 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Capuano, Barry #12 12 R01-R08, R11-R14 3
Clarke, Jack #1 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 9
Davis, Barry #32 12 R01-R05, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Doran, Paul #36 4 R06-R08, R11 4
Egan, Kevin #43 8 R07-R10, R15, R17-R18, GF 2
Epis, Alec #28 16 R01-R10, R14-R18, GF 0
Fordham, Ted #20 20 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 54
Forsyth, Jim #27 2 R02-R03 1
Fraser, Ken #23 17 R01-R07, R10, R12-R17, SF, PF, GF 22
Gent, Keith #2 4 R05-R07, R17 0
Gerlach, Darryl #2 15 R03-R04, R09-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Gosper, Geoff #6 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 7
Gross, Don #15 16 R01-R03, R06, R08-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF 7
Johnston, Graeme #16 16 R04-R07, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 12
McGie, Lindsay #4 4 R02, R07-R09 0
McKenzie, Don #24 20 R01-R07, R09-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Mitchell, Hugh #31, #30 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 20
Payne, Charlie #8 18 R01-R05, R08-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Payne, Ian #3 1 R12 0
Pryor, Geoff #21 16 R06-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Sampson, Brian #34 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 13
Shaw, David #4 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 17
Shelton, Ian #10 14 R01-R05, R09-R13, R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Somerville, John #19 10 R01, R08-R11, R13, R17-R18, SF, PF 5
Timms, Ken #25 15 R01-R09, R11-R16 19
Waite, Bruce #27 8 R08-R09, R11, R15, R17, SF, PF, GF 5
Williams, John #22 3 R01, R04-R05 2

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Coleman, John 20 14 -0- 6 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF
Sewell, Greg 1 1 -0- 0 R11

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1965 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 20 John Coleman Ken Fraser
24/04/1965 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 94 John Coleman Ken Fraser
01/05/1965 Round 3 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 78 John Coleman Ken Fraser
08/05/1965 Round 4 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 24 John Coleman Ken Fraser
15/05/1965 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 37 John Coleman Ken Fraser
22/05/1965 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 8 John Coleman Ken Fraser
29/05/1965 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 16 John Coleman Ken Fraser
05/06/1965 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 7 John Coleman unknown
12/06/1965 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 32 John Coleman Ian Shelton
26/06/1965 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 29 John Coleman Ken Fraser
10/07/1965 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 43 Greg Sewell Ian Shelton
17/07/1965 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 58 John Coleman Ken Fraser
24/07/1965 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 24 John Coleman Ken Fraser
31/07/1965 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 49 John Coleman Ken Fraser
07/08/1965 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 58 John Coleman Ken Fraser
14/08/1965 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 5 John Coleman Ken Fraser
21/08/1965 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 66 John Coleman Ken Fraser
28/08/1965 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 9 John Coleman Ian Shelton
04/09/1965 Semi Final Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 52 John Coleman Ken Fraser
18/09/1965 Preliminary Final Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 55 John Coleman Ken Fraser
25/09/1965 Grand Final St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 35 John Coleman Ken Fraser