1965 VFL Grand Final: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1965 between St Kilda and Essendon in the grand final of the 1965 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at MCG. Darrel Baldock captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

St Kilda
D. Baldock (capt.), I. Cooper, R. Cross, C. Ditterich, D. Griffiths, R. Head, V. Howell, D. Kennedy, B. McMaster-Smith, A. Morrow, B. Morton, B. Murray, K. Neale, J. Read, K. Roberts, I. Rowland, B. Sierakowski, R. Smith, I. Stewart, I. Synman

Essendon
K. Fraser (capt.), I. Shelton (vice-capt.), J. Birt, R. Blew, G. Brown, J. Clarke, B. Davis, K. Egan, A. Epis, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, G. Johnston, D. McKenzie, H. Mitchell, C. Payne, G. Pryor, B. Sampson, D. Shaw, B. Waite

St Kilda (9.16.70) were defeated by Essendon (14.21.105).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: V. Howell (3), D. Baldock (2), I. Rowland (2), K. Roberts, R. Smith
Essendon: T. Fordham (7), G. Gosper (2), B. Sampson (2), J. Birt, K. Fraser, H. Mitchell

As a result of this match, Essendon were the premiers and St Kilda were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 September 1965
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 104,846

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 9.16.70 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 6 4 . 8 5 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Essendon 2 . 7 5 . 10 10 . 18 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), John Coleman (Essendon)
Captains: Darrel Baldock (St Kilda), Ken Fraser (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Ian Shelton (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch
Goal Umpire: K. Cree, R. Sankey
Boundary Umpire: C. Green, R. Tanner

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
4 Baldock, Darrel (c) ? ? 2 4 18 17 1 3 4 0
15 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 1 1
17 Cross, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 5
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 4 7
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 1 0
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 3 2 5 5 0 4 1 2
20 Kennedy, Des ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 1
36 McMaster-Smith, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 1 1
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
14 Morton, Bob ? ? 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 1 1
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2
7 Read, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 3 1
24 Roberts, Kevin ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 3 2 0
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 2 2 20 18 2 2 6 2
17 Sierakowski, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 1 1
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 1 1 1
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 4 2
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 16 224 203 21 44 31 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 1 27 25 2 1 3 4
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 4 2 4
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 4 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 2 0
43 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 1 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 3 4
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 7 4 18 17 1 11 3 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 3 17 11 6 9 0 0
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 2 1 17 17 0 5 2 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 3 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 6 23 22 1 7 1 3
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 10 2 4
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0
27 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 21 262 234 28 74 29 31

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s