1965 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1965 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (12.11.83) defeated Fitzroy (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 July 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,381

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.11.83 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 10 . 6 11 . 8 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin level MELB by 23 MELB by 14 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 1 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 4 2 2
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 2 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 7 2 2
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1
1 Foster, Rob ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 3 4 3
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 2 1 27 17 10 3 1 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 3 0 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 4 2 2
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 2
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 0
30 Rowe, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 5 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 3 2 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 2 13 13 0 3 1 1
26 Vearing, Frank ? ? 0 2 14 8 6 2 0 1
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 1 2
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 11 264 213 51 61 24 26

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 4 2 0
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0
29 Booth, John ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 6 1 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 3
17 Calverley, Graham ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 7 0 2
12 Calverley, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 2 0
20 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 1 3
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 5 2 1
25 Fitzgerald, Barry ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 3 1 0
9 Fry, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 1 0
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 6 3
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 0
22 Kemp, Jim ? ? 2 4 9 7 2 4 1 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 5 2 1
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 7 2 2
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 0 1 1
14 Miers, Max ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 1 1 3
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 2 1 0
4 O'Mara, Terry ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 2
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 15 283 229 54 66 26 24

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