1965 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1965 between Footscray and Geelong during round twelve of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Footscray (1.8.14) were defeated by Geelong (5.13.43).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 July 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,395

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 1.8.14 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 1 0 . 2 1 . 8 1 . 8 1 . 8 (14)
Geelong 1 . 1 3 . 8 3 . 8 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Blew

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 3 25 20 5 1 2 1
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 1 1
38 Castrikum, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 5 3 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 2 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 0
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 2 24 23 1 2 5 2
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 7 3 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 1 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 5 3 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 1 0
47 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 8 0 1
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 2 3
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 2
12 Taylor, Rob ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 1 2
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 5 4
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 1 8 285 242 43 62 33 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 4 0 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 2 1
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 6 4 3
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 1 2 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 1 3 2
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 2 15 9 6 3 2 3
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 3 23 19 4 1 3 4
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 2
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 9 2 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 1 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 2 4 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 5 2 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 Scott, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 2 1 0
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 1 1
28 Watts, John ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 5 13 284 240 44 58 28 32

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