1965 VFL Round 16: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1965 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round 16 of the 1965 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), K. Barnes, J. Bray, G. Davey, I. Davison, P. Harrison, J. Heriot, G. John, B. Kingston, R. Lucev, S. Magee, H. Matthews, H. McAuliffe, R. Nilsson, N. Orange, G. Parker, J. Rantall, E. Reilly, E. Sarich, T. Somerville

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), J. Bradley, I. Bryant, G. Chalmers, D. Darcy, N. Fincher, B. Gray, M. Hobbs, G. Ion, K. Jackman, J. Jillard, A. Mannix, I. Marsh, D. McKenzie, J. Schultz, P. Shanahan, K. Stevens, D. Thorpe, A. Vosilaitis, M. Zeuschner

South Melbourne (10.18.78) were defeated by Footscray (13.14.92).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: B. Kingston (5), G. John, R. Lucev, H. Matthews, H. McAuliffe, B. Skilton
Footscray: M. Hobbs (4), T. Whitten (3), D. Darcy (2), K. Stevens (2), K. Jackman, I. Marsh

As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder and Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 August 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 13,600

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 10.18.78 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 0 . 3 3 . 7 6 . 13 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Footscray 5 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Skilton (South Melbourne), Ted Whitten (Footscray)
Captains: Bob Skilton (South Melbourne), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Gambetta

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
32 Barnes, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Bray, Jeff ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 4 2
22 Davey, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1
42 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 3
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 2 0
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 6 1 2
7 John, Graeme ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 6 5 3
23 Kingston, Bob ? ? 5 4 10 10 0 5 3 0
8 Lucev, Ray ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 6 2 2
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 3 2
33 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 5 2 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 1 1
37 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
26 Orange, Noel ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 1 1
41 Parker, Glen ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 1 0 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 1 0
35 Reilly, Elkin ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 4 1
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 4 2 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 3 30 25 5 4 7 1
19 Somerville, Trevor ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 18 230 193 37 59 40 23

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 2 6
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 0 2
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 2 3 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 3 10 8 2 3 1 2
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 1
29 Gray, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 3
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 4 2 26 24 2 8 1 1
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 2 26 23 3 11 2 2
42 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 1 3 14 12 2 1 2 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 9 1 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 2 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 1 5
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 1 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 2 2
41 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 3 1
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 9 0 2
39 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 0 20 15 5 8 1 2
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 14 276 235 41 87 23 40

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