1965 VFL Season Round 6: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1965 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round six of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ian Shelton, deputy vice-captain Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

South Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Essendon (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 May 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 24,200

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.12.96 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 3 12 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Essendon 3 . 1 10 . 7 11 . 9 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin SMLB by 13 ESSE by 16 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Bob Skilton

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Hugh Mitchell (acting)
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
27 Batch, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1
23 Bray, Jeff ? ? 0 3 16 13 3 4 1 0
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 2 6
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0
7 John, Graeme ? ? 2 2 19 13 6 7 3 1
23 Kingston, Bob ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 2 1 0
4 Long, John ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 0
8 Lucev, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 2 4
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 1 2 0
33 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 4 2 1
37 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 1 2 3
11 Papley, Max ? ? 1 0 21 20 1 6 0 1
25 Parker, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Parker, Glen ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 3 2
3 Parker, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 4 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 2 0
35 Reilly, Elkin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 2 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 6 1 26 18 8 2 2 3
19 Somerville, Trevor ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 0
31 White, Eric ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 251 212 39 51 30 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
33 Armstrong, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 2 23 22 1 3 6 3
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 6 1 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 4 2 3
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 1 2
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 3 0 4 3 1 2 1 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 5 17 15 2 7 2 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 12 1 1
2 Gent, Keith ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 2 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 1 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh (avc) ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 5 2 1
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 2 3 18 15 3 13 2 3
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 1 3
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 5 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 16 234 214 20 82 25 29

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