1965 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1965 between Geelong and Melbourne during round five of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (8.7.55) were defeated by Melbourne (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 27,774

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 1 . 4 4 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Melbourne 2 . 0 7 . 6 8 . 6 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 38 MELB by 23 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Bob Davis

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 3 0 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 3 2 1
9 Devine, John ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 0 2
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 0 2 0
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 1 28 12 16 5 2 2
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 2 0 2
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 0 0 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 6 1 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 2 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 1 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 11 0 0
14 Scott, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 2 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 4 1 1
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 2 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 7 290 212 78 66 16 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 3 9 6 3 0 0 0
12 Bromell, Hugh ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 2 1 2
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 4 1
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 1 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 5 2 0
38 Leitch, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 0
4 Lord, John ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 2 1 2
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 2 1 2
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 1 1
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 2 0
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 1 0
30 Rowe, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 4 0 17 17 0 3 0 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 3 0 1
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 9 203 186 17 39 17 16

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