1965 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1965 between Footscray and Melbourne during round seven of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (9.11.65) were defeated by Melbourne (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 May 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,380

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.11.65 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 4 . 7 8 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Melbourne 2 . 1 7 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin FOOT by 9 MELB by 14 FOOT by 9 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Montgomery

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 1 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 1 2 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 1 0
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 5 22 21 1 2 4 3
36 Hunter, Alan ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 0 2
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 3 1 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 3 0 2
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 2
40 Peters, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 3 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 8 1 0
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 2 1
24 Spurling, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 1 1
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 2
12 Taylor, Rob ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 3 1 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 7 1 4
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 11 250 224 26 61 23 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 0
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0
27 Andrew, Robin ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 2
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 2 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 2 2
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 3 0 14 14 0 3 2 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 3 2
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 3 0 0
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 2
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 4 2
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 2 2
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 2 1
25 Rattray, Kerry ? ? 4 2 13 11 2 4 2 1
28 Robbie, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
30 Rowe, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 3 22 20 2 2 3 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 3 0 1
17 Watson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 2 1
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 1 4
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 9 226 198 28 58 29 24

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