1965 VFL Season Round 9: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1965 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round nine of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

South Melbourne (20.9.129) defeated Geelong (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 June 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 32,260

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 20.9.129 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 2 10 . 2 17 . 5 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Geelong 3 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 8 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin SMLB by 4 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Bob Skilton

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
32 Barnes, Ken ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 5 1
27 Batch, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 2 0
23 Bray, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 0
22 Davey, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 1 1
42 Davison, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 3 1 3
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 2 2
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 8 2 1
7 John, Graeme ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 7 2 1
23 Kingston, Bob ? ? 9 3 16 16 0 5 4 3
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 3 1
33 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 4 1 14 13 1 3 1 3
26 Orange, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 1 1
11 Papley, Max ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 5 1 1
41 Parker, Glen ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 3 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 1 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 2 24 22 2 3 3 1
19 Somerville, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0
28 Strachan, Bob ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
45 Williamson, Gary ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 9 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 9 264 240 24 64 32 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 3 22 16 6 8 3 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 2 2 1
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 5 1 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 5 3 5
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 5 3 27 22 5 4 0 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 1 2
25 Hunter, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 1 1
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 0 0 1
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 6 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 1 23 13 10 9 1 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 1 1
14 Scott, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 1 1
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 2 2
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 3 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 4 10 10 0 5 2 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 7 2 1
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 304 237 67 69 25 31

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