1965 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1965 between Essendon and Geelong during round eleven of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fraser, vice-captain Ian Shelton captained the hosts with Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Greg Sewell and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Essendon (12.16.88) defeated Geelong (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 July 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 12.16.88 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 5 . 8 9 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Geelong 1 . 2 2 . 5 4 . 8 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ian Shelton (acting)
Vice-Captain: Hugh Mitchell (acting)
Coach: Greg Sewell (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 3 1 3
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 2 1 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 1 0
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 4 8 7 1 4 0 1
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 2 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 4 1 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 3 1 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 4 1 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 0
31 Mitchell, Hugh (avc) ? ? 1 2 24 23 1 7 2 0
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 1 1
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 0
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 8 3 1
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2
10 Shelton, Ian (ac) ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 2 0
19 Somerville, John ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 5 1 1
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 3 2 2
27 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 16 251 224 27 70 20 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 1 0
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 6 1 2
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 1 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 3 1 0
24 Fox, John ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 2 1
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 2 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 1 3
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 1 2
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 0
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 9 0 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 1 1
14 Scott, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 0
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 4 6 6 0 3 1 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 0
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 9 243 208 35 68 17 20

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