1965 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results of Footscray for the 1965 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in tenth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1965 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
10th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 77.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barr, Bob | #35 | 3 | 0 | R01-02, R04 |
| Beattie, Barrie | #9 | 1 | 2 | R09 |
| Bisset, George | #6 | 7 | 5 | R01-02, R11-15 |
| Bradley, John | #20 | 11 | 2 | R01-05, R11-13, R16-18 |
| Bryant, Ian | #5 | 17 | 0 | R01-11, R13-18 |
| Castrikum, Peter | #38 | 6 | 0 | R04-06, R11-13 |
| Chalmers, Graeme | #27 | 16 | 10 | R03-18 |
| Charles, John | #24 | 7 | 1 | R01-03, R08-11 |
| Darcy, David | #15 | 16 | 2 | R01-10, R12, R14-18 |
| Duff, Ken | #16 | 15 | 0 | R01-03, R05-15, R18 |
| Ennals, Peter | #10 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Fincher, Noel | #28 | 5 | 0 | R01-02, R13-14, R16 |
| Gray, Bob | #29 | 7 | 2 | R01-04, R15-17 |
| Hobbs, Merv | #2 | 18 | 24 | R01-18 |
| Hunter, Alan | #36 | 6 | 5 | R04-08, R17 |
| Ion, Barry | #21 | 3 | 0 | R04, R10-11 |
| Ion, Graham | #17 | 14 | 9 | R01, R06-18 |
| Jackman, Kevin | #42 | 5 | 3 | R10, R15-18 |
| Jillard, John | #25 | 17 | 1 | R01-04, R06-18 |
| Magill, Sam | #7 | 1 | 1 | R03 |
| Mannix, Alan | #8 | 14 | 1 | R03-07, R09-16, R18 |
| Marsh, Ivan | #33 | 13 | 6 | R01-07, R12-17 |
| McGowan, Ron | #22 | 2 | 0 | R04-05 |
| McKenzie, Don | #30 | 18 | 10 | R01-18 |
| O'Connor, Rod | #23 | 5 | 0 | R11, R13-14, R17-18 |
| Patterson, Dallas | #47 | 6 | 3 | R08-12, R18 |
| Peters, Garry | #40 | 7 | 0 | R03, R05-10 |
| Pleitner, Bryan | #11 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Schultz, John | #14 | 17 | 0 | R01-10, R12-18 |
| Shanahan, Peter | #41 | 5 | 0 | R14-18 |
| Smith, Barry | #31 | 11 | 1 | R01-03, R05-09, R12-13, R18 |
| Spurling, Bob | #24 | 4 | 1 | R07-08, R10-11 |
| Stevens, Kevin | #4 | 17 | 13 | R01-02, R04-18 |
| Taylor, Rob | #12 | 8 | 0 | R05-12 |
| Thorpe, David | #39 | 4 | 0 | R14-17 |
| Vosilaitis, Algy | #34 | 16 | 12 | R03-18 |
| Walker, Ray | #26 | 3 | 0 | R01-03 |
| Whitten, Ted | #3 | 15 | 22 | R01-02, R04-09, R12-18 |
| Zeuschner, Murray | #1 | 18 | 1 | R01-18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitten, Ted | 18 | 4 | -0- | 14 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/04/1965 | Round 1 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 2 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 24/04/1965 | Round 2 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 4 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 01/05/1965 | Round 3 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 78 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 08/05/1965 | Round 4 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 41 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 15/05/1965 | Round 5 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 1 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 22/05/1965 | Round 6 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 7 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 29/05/1965 | Round 7 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 4 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 05/06/1965 | Round 8 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 18 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 14/06/1965 | Round 9 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 6 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 26/06/1965 | Round 10 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 24 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 03/07/1965 | Round 11 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 12 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 17/07/1965 | Round 12 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 29 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 24/07/1965 | Round 13 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 13 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 31/07/1965 | Round 14 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 49 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 07/08/1965 | Round 15 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 24 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 14/08/1965 | Round 16 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 14 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 21/08/1965 | Round 17 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 31 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 28/08/1965 | Round 18 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 3 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.