1965 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1965 between Essendon and St Kilda during round sixteen of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ian Shelton, deputy vice-captain Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. Darrel Baldock captained the visitors with Verdun Howell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (9.15.69) defeated St Kilda (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 14 August 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,700

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 9.15.69 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 4 . 5 5 . 8 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
St Kilda 0 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 5 STKL by 6 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

St Kilda

Captain: Darrel Baldock
Vice-Captain: Verdun Howell
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

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 18 16 2 1 1 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 2 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 2 5
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 3 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 10 2 0
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 3 0 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 3 1
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 0 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 5 4 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh (avc) ? ? 0 3 32 31 1 5 3 1
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 1 1
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 3 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 8 2 3
4 Shaw, David ? ? 1 3 21 20 1 7 1 2
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 15 263 231 32 66 29 28

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
29 Baker, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0
4 Baldock, Darrel (c) ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 3 1 2
22 Billing, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
15 Cooper, Ian ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 6 4 0
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 3 0
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 1 2
16 Howell, Verdun (vc) ? ? 1 3 8 7 1 2 2 3
20 Kennedy, Des ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 2 0
36 Moran, Jeff ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 4
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 4 1 24 20 4 9 6 2
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 10 0 0
18 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 1 5
12 Oakley, Ross ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 4 2 0
7 Read, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 2 2
24 Roberts, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 1 3
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 2 3
17 Sierakowski, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 3 15 14 1 3 1 0
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 279 250 29 71 28 29

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