1965 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1965 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by Footscray (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 28 August 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,532

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 3 10 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Footscray 4 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin FOOT by 17 MELB by 6 MELB by 12 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 2 2 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 3 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 6 4 1
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 1 3 23 18 5 1 3 1
40 Feldmann, Rick ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 1 2
1 Foster, Rob ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 2 4 1
48 Gormly, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 1 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 1 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 2 0 3
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 2 2
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 2
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 1 5
28 Robbie, David ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 1 4
30 Rowe, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 2 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 5 22 20 2 6 2 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 1 2 1
35 Williams, Don ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 1 2
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 228 196 32 50 32 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 3 10 9 1 5 1 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 2 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 1 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 1 0
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 5 3 3
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 2 27 22 5 2 3 2
42 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 2 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 2 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 1 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 2 12 11 1 4 2 2
23 O'Connor, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 1 1
47 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 8 2 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 3 4
41 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 4 2
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 3 0 0
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 4 1 17 15 2 11 1 0
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 2 3
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 5 2 8
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 15 266 236 30 74 34 32

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