1965 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1965 between Richmond and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Neville Crowe captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ian Shelton, deputy vice-captain Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Titus and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Richmond (14.10.94) defeated Essendon (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 August 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,031

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 14.10.94 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 10 . 5 11 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 2 5 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 39 RICH by 37 RICH by 58 RICH by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Jack Titus (caretaker)

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 2 30 29 1 7 4 3
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 4 1
44 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 6 2 0
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 1 3
19 Davenport, Don ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 5 2 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2
38 Dickeson, Wilf ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 3 1 2
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 4 2 14 12 2 7 2 0
6 Gowers, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 0
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 3 0 13 12 1 7 1 1
31 Hammond, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 2 1 16 14 2 4 2 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 3 1 18 14 4 2 2 1
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 0 27 12 15 5 0 5
4 Sheahan, John ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 3 1 2
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 3 0
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 10 286 246 40 67 27 25

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 2 27 26 1 2 3 0
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 29 27 2 8 5 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 5 4 5
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 1 0
43 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 4 1
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 2 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 3 2 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 5 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh (avc) ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 1 3
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 1 3
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 1 1
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 3
27 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 6 243 222 21 55 25 27

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