1965 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1965 between Essendon and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ian Shelton, deputy vice-captain Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (13.18.96) defeated Footscray (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 31 July 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,800

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 13.18.96 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 10 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Footscray 3 . 2 4 . 3 6 . 7 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Hugh Mitchell (acting)
Coach: John Coleman

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

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 2 28 27 1 3 4 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 4 4 3
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 2
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 1 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 3 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 1 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 4 1 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 6 2 0
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 1 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 2 21 18 3 4 2 1
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 1 1
31 Mitchell, Hugh (avc) ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 3 2 0
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 1 2
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 4 2
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 6 1 2
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 6 17 14 3 6 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 18 258 228 30 64 30 26

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 2 2 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 1 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 1 1 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 1 1
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 1 1
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 2 6 26 24 2 6 2 1
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 5 1 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 4 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 2 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 1 2
23 O'Connor, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 2 2
41 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 1 1
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 7 0 2
39 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 4 0 3
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 2 3 5
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 11 255 214 41 56 26 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