1965 VFL Round 15: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1965 between Richmond and Essendon during round 15 of the 1965 VFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at 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
N. Crowe (capt.), B. Barrot, B. Brown, G. Burgin, B. Cameron, D. Davenport, R. Dean, W. Dickeson, F. Dimattina, M. Erwin, T. Gowers, P. Guinane, M. Hammond, P. Hogan, J. Northey, A. Richardson, J. Sheahan, K. Smith, F. Swift, R. Warner

Essendon
K. Fraser (capt.), H. Mitchell (vice-capt.), J. Birt, R. Blew, G. Brown, J. Clarke, B. Davis, K. Egan, A. Epis, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, D. Gross, G. Johnston, D. McKenzie, G. Pryor, B. Sampson, D. Shaw, K. Timms, B. Waite

Richmond (14.10.94) defeated Essendon (5.6.36).

Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Erwin (4), P. Guinane (3), J. Northey (3), P. Hogan (2), N. Crowe, F. Dimattina
Essendon: T. Fordham (3), D. Gross, G. Johnston

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 7th on the ladder and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Jack Titus (Richmond), John Coleman (Essendon)
Captains: Neville Crowe (Richmond), Ken Fraser (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Hugh Mitchell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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