1965 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1965 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round four of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Melbourne (12.8.80) defeated South Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 May 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,404

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.8.80 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 3 8 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin SMLB by 6 MELB by 3 SMLB by 1 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Blew

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 3 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 3
12 Bromell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 1 1
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 4 2
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 2 0 1
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 0 1 3
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 3
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 0
38 Leitch, Jim ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 2 1
4 Lord, John ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 2 0 4
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 5 2 1
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0
28 Robbie, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 1 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 2 1 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 2 1 0
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 1 0
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 8 213 184 29 28 18 24

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
27 Batch, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 2
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 0
2 Colvin, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 1 2
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0
7 John, Graeme ? ? 2 3 25 20 5 8 4 1
23 Kingston, Bob ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 2 1 0
8 Lucev, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 2 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 4 0 12 10 2 1 0 1
33 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 2 0
37 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1
26 Orange, Noel ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 3 0 2
11 Papley, Max ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 6 1 1
41 Parker, Glen ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 2 0
3 Parker, Kevin ? ? 0 2 13 13 0 2 1 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 3 1
35 Reilly, Elkin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 4 4
19 Somerville, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 3 1
31 White, Eric ? ? 0 2 8 8 0 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 253 214 39 53 24 18

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