1965 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1965 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round two of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. In the absence of Graham Arthur, vice-captain John Peck captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Graham Arthur.

Essendon (20.18.138) defeated Hawthorn (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 24 April 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 20.18.138 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 7 9 . 9 16 . 14 20 . 18 20 . 18 (138)
Hawthorn 2 . 0 3 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin ESSE by 31 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 76 ESSE by 94 ESSE by 94
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Hawthorn

Captain: John Peck (acting)
Coach: Graham Arthur

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 4 5 28 25 3 3 1 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 6 0 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 1 1
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 5 3 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 5 3 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 3 11 11 0 4 1 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 5 1 10 10 0 6 2 1
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 3
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 4 28 17 11 7 3 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 1 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 0
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 1 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 1 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 2 0 0
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 3
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 2 1
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 8 0 1
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 4 3 25 23 2 4 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 18 302 265 37 72 24 29

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Albiston, David WL↓ ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 4 1
1 Browne, Morton HFFL ? 2 1 18 16 2 1 1 2
20 Carroll, Bob HBFR ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0
11 Coverdale, Kevin CHF ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 2 0
8 Dickson, Des BPR ? 0 1 11 11 0 3 2 6
34 Dunshea, John SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
17 Ferguson, Neil RR ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 2
22 Hay, Phil FB ? 0 0 12 12 0 7 0 0
19 Horskins, Bryan SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
13 Joyce, Alan FPR ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 2 0
7 Law, Ian RO ? 1 0 17 13 4 2 1 2
26 McPherson, Cam HBFL ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 3 0
3 Nalder, Ron HFFR ? 1 2 16 16 0 5 2 1
25 Olsson, Rod FPL ? 1 0 13 10 3 1 1 1
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 3 1
23 Peck, John (ac) FF ? 0 3 9 7 2 0 3 2
16 Roach, Don WR ? 0 0 21 20 1 7 2 2
2 Tickell, John C ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 1 0
31 Young, Garry CHB↓ ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 8 245 215 30 59 27 24

J. Dunshea replaced D. Albiston.
B. Horskins replaced G. Young during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: John Coleman
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin 22 P. Hay 8 D. Dickson













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



26 C. McPherson 31 G. Young 20 B. Carroll













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 D. Albiston 2 J. Tickell 16 D. Roach









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 34 J. Dunshea
HALF-FORWARD 17 N. Ferguson 19 B. Horskins
1 M. Browne 11 K. Coverdale 3 R. Nalder 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 R. Olsson 23 J. Peck (ac) 13 A. Joyce













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Graham Arthur