1965 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1965 between Footscray and Essendon during round three of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Footscray (6.12.48) were defeated by Essendon (18.18.126).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 May 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,365

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 6.12.48 - 18.18.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 5 . 6 5 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Essendon 4 . 3 8 . 6 13 . 11 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 78 ESSE by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 4 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 1 2 3
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 1 2 2
24 Charles, John ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 7 0 1
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2
10 Ennals, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
29 Gray, Bob ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 4 2 1
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 3 21 18 3 5 3 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 3 3 1
7 Magill, Sam ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 3 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 4 2
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 2 0
40 Peters, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 1 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 6 3 2
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 1 1
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 5 2 1
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 1 0
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 12 265 229 36 64 35 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 2 27 23 4 4 2 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 3 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 2 1
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 3 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 0 33 24 9 10 2 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 6 9 22 22 0 16 1 1
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 7 2 1
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 3 3 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 2 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 4 1 2
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 3 3 1
4 Shaw, David ? ? 4 2 25 23 2 2 2 0
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 3 3
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 8 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 18 292 251 41 91 29 29

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