1965 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in tenth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1965 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
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 |