1965 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1965 between Essendon and Richmond during round four of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. Fred Swift captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Jack Titus.

Essendon (10.9.69) were defeated by Richmond (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 May 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 10.9.69 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 7 . 1 8 . 3 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin RICH by 8 RICH by 9 RICH by 29 RICH by 24 RICH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Fred Swift
Coach: Jack Titus (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 5 0 23 23 0 2 2 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 3 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 3 3
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 5 5
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 2 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 1 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 2 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 2 2 0
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 1 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 0 2 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 2 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1
4 Shaw, David ? ? 2 2 12 11 1 3 1 3
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 3 2
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 2 3 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 9 189 177 12 37 34 26

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 0 26 24 2 3 4 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 0 2 3
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 4 5 0
16 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 1 2
19 Davenport, Don ? ? 4 1 16 15 1 3 1 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 1 0
38 Dickeson, Wilf ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 2 4 1
6 Gowers, Trevor ? ? 1 0 21 20 1 4 3 2
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 4
31 Hammond, Mike ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 3 1 1
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 1 2
11 Madigan, Owen ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 5 6
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 3 2 5
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2
15 Swift, Fred (c) ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 1 0
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 9 237 204 33 41 33 33

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