1965 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1965 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. Ralph Rogerson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (12.12.84) defeated Fitzroy (3.8.26).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 July 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,650

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.12.84 - 3.8.26

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 3 10 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Fitzroy 1 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 8 3 . 8 (26)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 46 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Ian Shelton
Coach: John Coleman

Fitzroy

Captain: Ralph Rogerson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
33 Armstrong, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 1 2 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 4 3
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 2 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 1 29 25 4 8 3 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 2 12 11 1 9 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 5 0 1
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 2 2 1
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 2 2 16 15 1 2 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 2 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 2 27 24 3 6 2 2
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 1 2
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 8 3 5
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 2 0
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 11 1 2
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 10 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 12 273 241 32 77 30 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 2 3
29 Booth, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 2 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 5 2
12 Calverley, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 1 1
26 Cole, Max ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 1 2
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 1 2 2
25 Fitzgerald, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 2 3 2
9 Fry, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 1 2
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 3 0
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 1
24 Hirst, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 2 1
22 Kemp, Jim ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 4 1 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 2 3
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 2 2
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 2 0 1
14 Miers, Max ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 1
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 2 3
1 Rogerson, Ralph (c) ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 4 1 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 3 8 237 202 35 48 33 30

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