1965 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 77.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): John Jillard (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Merv Hobbs (24)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): John Schultz

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barr, Bob #35 3 R01-R02, R04 0
Beattie, Barrie #9 1 R09 2
Bisset, George #6 7 R01-R02, R11-R15 5
Bradley, John #20 11 R01-R05, R11-R13, R16-R18 2
Bryant, Ian #5 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 0
Castrikum, Peter #38 6 R04-R06, R11-R13 0
Chalmers, Graeme #27 16 R03-R18 10
Charles, John #24 7 R01-R03, R08-R11 1
Darcy, David #15 16 R01-R10, R12, R14-R18 2
Duff, Ken #16 15 R01-R03, R05-R15, R18 0
Ennals, Peter #10 1 R03 0
Fincher, Noel #28 5 R01-R02, R13-R14, R16 0
Gray, Bob #29 7 R01-R04, R15-R17 2
Hobbs, Merv #2 18 R01-R18 24
Hunter, Alan #36 6 R04-R08, R17 5
Ion, Barry #21 3 R04, R10-R11 0
Ion, Graham #17 14 R01, R06-R18 9
Jackman, Kevin #42 5 R10, R15-R18 3
Jillard, John #25 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 1
Magill, Sam #7 1 R03 1
Mannix, Alan #8 14 R03-R07, R09-R16, R18 1
Marsh, Ivan #33 13 R01-R07, R12-R17 6
McGowan, Ron #22 2 R04-R05 0
McKenzie, Don #30 18 R01-R18 10
O'Connor, Rod #23 5 R11, R13-R14, R17-R18 0
Patterson, Dallas #47 6 R08-R12, R18 3
Peters, Garry #40 7 R03, R05-R10 0
Pleitner, Bryan #11 1 R02 0
Schultz, John #14 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 0
Shanahan, Peter #41 5 R14-R18 0
Smith, Barry #31 11 R01-R03, R05-R09, R12-R13, R18 1
Spurling, Bob #24 4 R07-R08, R10-R11 1
Stevens, Kevin #4 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 13
Taylor, Rob #12 8 R05-R12 0
Thorpe, David #39 4 R14-R17 0
Vosilaitis, Algy #34 16 R03-R18 12
Walker, Ray #26 3 R01-R03 0
Whitten, Ted #3 15 R01-R02, R04-R09, R12-R18 22
Zeuschner, Murray #1 18 R01-R18 1

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)
Whitten, Ted 18 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1965 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
24/04/1965 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 4 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
01/05/1965 Round 3 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 78 Ted Whitten unknown
08/05/1965 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 41 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
15/05/1965 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 1 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
22/05/1965 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 7 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
29/05/1965 Round 7 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 4 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
05/06/1965 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 18 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
14/06/1965 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 6 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
26/06/1965 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 24 Ted Whitten unknown
03/07/1965 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 12 Ted Whitten unknown
17/07/1965 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 29 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
24/07/1965 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 13 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
31/07/1965 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 49 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
07/08/1965 Round 15 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 24 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
14/08/1965 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 14 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
21/08/1965 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 31 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
28/08/1965 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 3 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten