1965 VFL Round 4: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1965 between Essendon and Richmond during round 4 of the 1965 VFL season. 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
K. Fraser (capt.), I. Shelton (vice-capt.), J. Birt, R. Blew, G. Brown, B. Capuano, J. Clarke, B. Davis, A. Epis, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, G. Johnston, D. McKenzie, H. Mitchell, C. Payne, B. Sampson, D. Shaw, K. Timms, J. Williams

Richmond
F. Swift (capt.), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, B. Brown, N. Busse, B. Cameron, D. Davenport, R. Dean, W. Dickeson, F. Dimattina, T. Gowers, P. Guinane, M. Hammond, T. Jewell, O. Madigan, J. Northey, M. Patterson, A. Richardson, K. Smith, R. Warner

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Birt (5), D. Shaw (2), K. Timms (2), K. Fraser
Richmond: D. Davenport (4), P. Guinane (2), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, F. Dimattina, T. Gowers, M. Hammond, O. Madigan, A. Richardson, R. Warner

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (down from 1st) and Richmond were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Coleman (Essendon), Jack Titus (Richmond)
Captains: Ken Fraser (Essendon), Fred Swift (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: Ian Shelton (Essendon), unknown (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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