1965 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1965 between Collingwood and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at the MCG. John Henderson captained the hosts with Kevin Rose as vice-captain. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Collingwood (6.6.42) were defeated by Essendon (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 September 1965
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 95,386

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 6.6.42 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 0 3 . 0 4 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Essendon 3 . 6 5 . 9 10 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin ESSE by 18 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: John Henderson
Vice-Captain: Kevin Rose
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Goal Umpires

L. Barratt

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
24 Bone, Michael ? ? 1 2 19 18 1 4 3 2
18 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 1 1
25 Chapman, Bert ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0
10 Ellis, Vaughan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0
7 Graham, Ian ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 4 2 0
4 Gray, Brian ? ? 1 3 19 17 2 4 2 0
2 Henderson, John (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 1 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 2 3
8 Mahon, John ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 0 1 2
15 McKenna, Peter ? ? 3 0 9 9 0 7 0 2
20 Montgomery, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 1 1
26 Norman, David ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 1 2 3
6 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 3 0
3 Rose, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 6 1
30 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 2
16 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
11 Turner, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 2 1
22 Wadham, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3
33 Wright, Duncan ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 6 236 209 27 54 30 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 1 2 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 0 2 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 6 4 13 13 0 7 0 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 4 0 14 9 5 6 0 3
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 3 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 5 4
30 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 3 0 2
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 5 2 1
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 1 2
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 6 15 14 1 9 3 3
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 3
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 2 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
27 Waite, Bruce ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 13 249 225 24 60 23 30

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