1965 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at the MCG. Darrel Baldock captained the hosts with Verdun Howell as vice-captain. 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 (9.16.70) were defeated by Essendon (14.21.105).

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

St Kilda

Captain: Darrel Baldock
Vice-Captain: Verdun Howell
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Ian Shelton
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Goal Umpires

K. Cree
R. Sankey

Boundary Umpires

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 (vc) ? ? 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