1965 VFL Round 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1965 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 1965 VFL season. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. John Peck captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Graham Arthur.

Essendon
K. Fraser (capt.), I. Shelton (vice-capt.), J. Birt, R. Blew, G. Brown, B. Capuano, J. Clarke, B. Davis, A. Epis, T. Fordham, J. Forsyth, G. Gosper, D. Gross, L. McGie, D. McKenzie, H. Mitchell, C. Payne, B. Sampson, D. Shaw, K. Timms

Hawthorn
Back: D. Parkin, P. Hay, D. Dickson
Half-back: C. McPherson, G. Young, B. Carroll
Centre: D. Albiston, J. Tickell, D. Roach
Half-forward: M. Browne, K. Coverdale, R. Nalder
Forward: R. Olsson, J. Peck (capt.), A. Joyce
Follower: K. Beck, N. Ferguson, I. Law
Sub.: J. Dunshea, B. Horskins

Essendon (20.18.138) defeated Hawthorn (6.8.44).

Goalkickers
Essendon: T. Fordham (5), J. Birt (4), K. Timms (4), H. Mitchell (2), R. Blew, B. Capuano, J. Clarke, J. Forsyth, K. Fraser
Hawthorn: M. Browne (2), I. Law, R. Nalder, R. Olsson, J. Tickell

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Hawthorn remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Coleman (Essendon), Graham Arthur (Hawthorn)
Captains: Ken Fraser (Essendon), John Peck (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: Ian Shelton (Essendon), unknown (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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 (c) 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 (c) 13 A. Joyce













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Graham Arthur