1965 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1965 between Geelong and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Geelong (7.9.51) were defeated by Essendon (14.19.103).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 September 1965
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 89,833

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 7.9.51 - 14.19.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 0 4 . 3 6 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Essendon 3 . 5 8 . 14 10 . 16 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Bob Davis

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Ian Shelton
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 3 2 9 6 3 4 0 0
37 Brown, David ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 2 2 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 2 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 7 5 2
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 4 1 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 2 1
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 1
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 2 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 5 0 1
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 2 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 6 2 0
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 2 4
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 2 1
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1
40 Yeates, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 9 247 185 62 63 24 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 2 32 30 2 4 1 0
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 1 2 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 3 2 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 6 1 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 6 2 2
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 29 29 0 3 4 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 5 2 4
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 2 1
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 5 26 26 0 8 2 1
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 2 1
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 1 4 17 12 5 9 3 3
4 Shaw, David ? ? 3 1 17 17 0 5 1 0
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 1 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 2
27 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 19 293 266 27 79 26 24

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