1965 VFL Round 5: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1965 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round 5 of the 1965 VFL season. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), J. Bradley, I. Bryant, P. Castrikum, G. Chalmers, D. Darcy, K. Duff, M. Hobbs, A. Hunter, A. Mannix, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Peters, J. Schultz, B. Smith, K. Stevens, R. Taylor, A. Vosilaitis, M. Zeuschner

South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), K. Batch, D. Bethke, P. Harrison, J. Heriot, G. John, B. Kingston, R. Lucev, S. Magee, H. Matthews, N. Orange, M. Papley, G. Parker, K. Parker, J. Rantall, E. Reilly, A. Self, T. Somerville, E. White, G. Williamson

Footscray (11.11.77) defeated South Melbourne (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Footscray: M. Hobbs (3), D. McKenzie (2), A. Vosilaitis (2), T. Whitten (2), G. Chalmers, I. Marsh
South Melbourne: G. John (4), B. Kingston (4), D. Bethke, N. Orange, B. Skilton

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and South Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,253

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 11.11.77 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
South Melbourne 0 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin FOOT by 38 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
Captains: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Brewer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 1 1
38 Castrikum, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 2 2 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 1 1
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 1
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 3 2 30 24 6 9 3 3
36 Hunter, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 1 3
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 3 2 4
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 1 17 15 2 8 0 2
40 Peters, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 2 3
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 1 2
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 3 0 0
12 Taylor, Rob ? ? 0 1 24 22 2 5 1 2
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 2 2 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 0 25 17 8 4 4 1
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 11 255 218 37 58 21 33

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
27 Batch, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 2 1
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 1 1 1
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 1 3
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 1 1
7 John, Graeme ? ? 4 2 16 16 0 5 4 2
23 Kingston, Bob ? ? 4 0 9 8 1 3 0 0
8 Lucev, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 1 1
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 2 0
33 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 2 1
26 Orange, Noel ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 2 1
11 Papley, Max ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 3 2
41 Parker, Glen ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 3 4 1
3 Parker, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 3 1
35 Reilly, Elkin ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 1
1 Self, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 1 26 22 4 3 4 2
19 Somerville, Trevor ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1
31 White, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1
45 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 10 231 196 35 40 32 22

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