1965 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured eighteen rounds. Collingwood Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Collingwood Reserves were the premiers, with Neil Mann as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1965 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Jack Carney
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Neil Mann Ray Gabelich
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Reserves MCG Gordon Ogden
North Melbourne Reserves Coburg City Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Dick Harris
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood Reserves
Runners-Up: Geelong Reserves
Minor Premiers: Collingwood Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 16 -0- 2 64 181.4% 1,618 892 229 244 124 148
Footscray Reserves 2nd 12 -1- 5 50 105.9% 1,201 1,134 169 187 155 204
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -2- 6 44 115.6% 1,486 1,286 212 214 181 200
Essendon Reserves 4th 11 -0- 7 44 110.3% 1,448 1,313 207 206 187 191
Richmond Reserves 5th 9 -0- 9 36 106.5% 1,364 1,281 191 218 178 213
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 9 -0- 9 36 96.6% 1,296 1,341 180 216 180 261
Melbourne Reserves 7th 8 -0- 10 32 93.3% 1,148 1,231 155 218 175 181
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 10 32 80.2% 1,091 1,360 144 227 190 220
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 7 -0- 11 28 90.8% 1,318 1,451 180 238 203 233
St Kilda Reserves 10th 7 -0- 11 28 86.9% 1,080 1,243 148 192 171 217
Carlton Reserves 11th 6 -1- 11 26 95.9% 1,306 1,362 182 214 189 228
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 15 12 70.8% 1,121 1,583 158 173 222 251

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Collingwood Reserves 1st Premiers
Geelong Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
Footscray Reserves 3rd Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Essendon Reserves 4th Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Semi Final)
Richmond Reserves 5th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1965 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 91
SAT 17/04/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Glenferrie Oval 90 - 76
SAT 17/04/1965 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) Moorabbin Oval 64 - 45
MON 19/04/1965 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 62 - 62
MON 19/04/1965 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Coburg City Oval 43 - 69
MON 19/04/1965 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 51 - 56

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 162.5% 91 56
South Melbourne Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 160.5% 69 43
St Kilda Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 142.2% 64 45
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 118.4% 90 76
Melbourne Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 109.8% 56 51
Footscray Reserves 6th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 62 62
Geelong Reserves 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 62 62
Richmond Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 91.1% 51 56
Carlton Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 84.4% 76 90
Collingwood Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 70.3% 45 64
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 62.3% 43 69
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 61.5% 56 91

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1965 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 81 - 81
SAT 24/04/1965 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 65 - 46
SAT 24/04/1965 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 103 - 77
SAT 24/04/1965 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) Western Oval 64 - 33
SAT 24/04/1965 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 119 - 52
SAT 24/04/1965 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 70 - 54

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 169.9% 175 103
Essendon Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 145.9% 194 133
South Melbourne Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 143.3% 139 97
Footscray Reserves 4th 1 -1- 0 6 132.6% 126 95
St Kilda Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 102.6% 118 115
Geelong Reserves 6th 0 -2- 0 4 100.0% 143 143
Collingwood Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 100.0% 110 110
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.3% 167 179
Carlton Reserves 9th 0 -1- 1 2 91.8% 157 171
Richmond Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 80.2% 97 121
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 57.4% 89 155
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 50.5% 95 188

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1965 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 109 - 72
SAT 01/05/1965 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Brunswick Street Oval 68 - 95
SAT 01/05/1965 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 74 - 68
SAT 01/05/1965 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Coburg City Oval 126 - 52
SAT 01/05/1965 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 90 - 87
SAT 01/05/1965 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 45 - 86

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 157.9% 270 171
Footscray Reserves 2nd 2 -1- 0 10 122.7% 200 163
Essendon Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 126.6% 262 207
Collingwood Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 120.3% 219 182
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 100.5% 184 183
Carlton Reserves 6th 1 -1- 1 6 112.5% 243 216
St Kilda Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 100.0% 205 205
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 92.1% 221 240
Richmond Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 89.9% 187 208
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 83.0% 239 288
Geelong Reserves 11th 0 -2- 1 4 72.5% 195 269
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 62.8% 157 250

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1965 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 69 - 80
SAT 08/05/1965 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 60 - 57
SAT 08/05/1965 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 62 - 98
SAT 08/05/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Glenferrie Oval 72 - 49
SAT 08/05/1965 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 43 - 46
SAT 08/05/1965 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 42 - 47

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 3 -1- 0 14 120.5% 247 205
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 144.2% 313 217
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 129.9% 317 244
Essendon Reserves 4th 3 -0- 1 12 122.0% 322 264
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 3 -0- 1 12 101.8% 230 226
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 97.4% 301 309
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 92.3% 311 337
Carlton Reserves 8th 1 -1- 2 6 105.4% 312 296
St Kilda Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 98.0% 247 252
Richmond Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 91.0% 244 268
Geelong Reserves 11th 0 -2- 2 4 70.0% 257 367
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 64.0% 206 322

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1965 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 79 - 5
SAT 15/05/1965 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 73
SAT 15/05/1965 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 71 - 58
SAT 15/05/1965 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 63 - 69
SAT 15/05/1965 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 65 - 92
SAT 15/05/1965 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 44 - 83

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 4 -1- 0 18 120.9% 318 263
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 159.0% 396 249
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 136.4% 382 280
Essendon Reserves 4th 4 -0- 1 16 131.5% 405 308
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 3 -0- 2 12 100.2% 403 402
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 3 -0- 2 12 97.0% 288 297
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 8 96.9% 374 386
Carlton Reserves 8th 1 -1- 3 6 84.5% 317 375
St Kilda Reserves 9th 1 -0- 4 4 86.9% 291 335
Richmond Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 85.8% 309 360
Geelong Reserves 11th 0 -2- 3 4 73.4% 320 436
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 4 4 71.6% 283 395

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1965 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 88 - 62
SAT 22/05/1965 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 95
SAT 22/05/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) Glenferrie Oval 46 - 65
SAT 22/05/1965 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 35 - 69
SAT 22/05/1965 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Coburg City Oval 89 - 39
SAT 22/05/1965 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 67 - 50

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 5 -1- 0 22 123.9% 383 309
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 163.7% 465 284
Essendon Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 121.3% 455 375
Melbourne Reserves 4th 4 -0- 2 16 119.5% 417 349
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 4 -0- 2 16 102.3% 355 347
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 108.9% 463 425
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 96.1% 449 467
Carlton Reserves 8th 2 -1- 3 10 92.7% 405 437
Geelong Reserves 9th 1 -2- 3 8 85.2% 415 487
Richmond Reserves 10th 1 -0- 5 4 82.8% 371 448
St Kilda Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 77.8% 330 424
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 5 4 68.2% 334 490

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1965 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 108 - 78
SAT 29/05/1965 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 55 - 88
SAT 29/05/1965 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 82 - 47
SAT 29/05/1965 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 69 - 68
SAT 29/05/1965 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 104 - 44
SAT 29/05/1965 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 81 - 56

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 6 -1- 0 26 130.6% 465 356
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 158.3% 573 362
Essendon Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 110.2% 510 463
Melbourne Reserves 4th 4 -0- 3 16 107.7% 464 431
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 4 -0- 3 16 95.2% 433 455
Carlton Reserves 6th 3 -1- 3 14 100.2% 493 492
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 96.5% 517 536
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 95.8% 507 529
Geelong Reserves 9th 2 -2- 3 12 87.2% 484 555
Richmond Reserves 10th 2 -0- 5 8 96.5% 475 492
St Kilda Reserves 11th 2 -0- 5 8 85.6% 411 480
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 6 4 68.3% 390 571

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1965 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 94 - 127
SAT 05/06/1965 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 109 - 58
SAT 05/06/1965 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 133 - 61
SAT 05/06/1965 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Coburg City Oval 144 - 89
SAT 05/06/1965 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 60 - 85
SAT 05/06/1965 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 85 - 81

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 162.4% 682 420
Footscray Reserves 2nd 6 -1- 1 26 112.5% 523 465
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 112.6% 591 525
South Melbourne Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 20 96.6% 518 536
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 4 -0- 4 16 105.3% 651 618
Geelong Reserves 6th 3 -2- 3 16 100.2% 617 616
Essendon Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 98.7% 599 607
Carlton Reserves 8th 3 -1- 4 14 94.8% 587 619
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 96.3% 598 621
Richmond Reserves 10th 2 -0- 6 8 92.7% 535 577
St Kilda Reserves 11th 2 -0- 6 8 77.0% 472 613
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 6 8 75.3% 475 631

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1965 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 56 - 123
SAT 12/06/1965 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 59 - 55
SAT 12/06/1965 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 74 - 127
MON 14/06/1965 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 169
MON 14/06/1965 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 100 - 88
MON 14/06/1965 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 66 - 65

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 8 -0- 1 32 169.1% 805 476
Footscray Reserves 2nd 7 -1- 1 30 112.7% 623 553
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 111.4% 657 590
Geelong Reserves 4th 4 -2- 3 20 107.8% 744 690
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 5 -0- 4 20 89.3% 592 663
Carlton Reserves 6th 4 -1- 4 18 111.0% 756 681
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 4 -0- 5 16 104.3% 706 677
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 4 -0- 5 16 97.2% 657 676
Essendon Reserves 9th 4 -0- 5 16 89.7% 655 730
Richmond Reserves 10th 2 -0- 7 8 92.0% 623 677
St Kilda Reserves 11th 2 -0- 7 8 79.1% 537 679
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 7 8 67.1% 537 800

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1965 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 79 - 50
SAT 26/06/1965 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 96
SAT 26/06/1965 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 109 - 56
SAT 26/06/1965 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 60 - 85
SAT 26/06/1965 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Coburg City Oval 66 - 121
SAT 26/06/1965 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 107 - 63

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 9 -0- 1 36 170.8% 926 542
Footscray Reserves 2nd 7 -1- 2 30 106.5% 673 632
Geelong Reserves 3rd 5 -2- 3 24 114.3% 853 746
Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 106.2% 717 675
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 91.0% 688 756
Carlton Reserves 6th 5 -1- 4 22 114.2% 835 731
Essendon Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 93.7% 740 790
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 96.7% 772 798
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 92.0% 720 783
St Kilda Reserves 10th 3 -0- 7 12 86.8% 644 742
Richmond Reserves 11th 2 -0- 8 8 86.4% 679 786
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 8 8 70.3% 630 896

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1965 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 82 - 59
SAT 03/07/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 97 - 82
SAT 03/07/1965 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 48 - 62
SAT 10/07/1965 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) 129 - 44
SAT 10/07/1965 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) 83 - 103
SAT 10/07/1965 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) 81 - 44

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 10 -0- 1 40 180.0% 1,055 586
Footscray Reserves 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 109.3% 755 691
Geelong Reserves 3rd 6 -2- 3 28 115.3% 956 829
Carlton Reserves 4th 6 -1- 4 26 115.1% 897 779
Melbourne Reserves 5th 6 -0- 5 24 103.5% 799 772
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 6 -0- 5 24 87.5% 732 837
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 5 -0- 6 20 94.5% 817 865
Essendon Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 92.2% 823 893
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 94.4% 831 880
Richmond Reserves 10th 3 -0- 8 12 91.6% 760 830
St Kilda Reserves 11th 3 -0- 8 12 86.1% 692 804
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 9 8 65.8% 674 1,025

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1965 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 58 - 85
SAT 17/07/1965 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 53 - 22
SAT 17/07/1965 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 83 - 60
SAT 17/07/1965 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 59 - 53
SAT 17/07/1965 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 56 - 64
SAT 17/07/1965 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 31 - 47

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 11 -0- 1 44 182.2% 1,108 608
Footscray Reserves 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 109.4% 814 744
Geelong Reserves 3rd 6 -2- 4 28 113.6% 1,009 888
Carlton Reserves 4th 6 -1- 5 26 110.5% 955 864
Melbourne Reserves 5th 6 -0- 6 24 102.3% 855 836
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 6 -0- 6 24 97.7% 902 923
Essendon Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 95.1% 906 953
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 6 24 86.3% 763 884
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 7 20 96.4% 878 911
Richmond Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 93.0% 824 886
St Kilda Reserves 11th 3 -0- 9 12 83.3% 714 857
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 10 8 66.2% 734 1,108

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1965 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 73
SAT 24/07/1965 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 58 - 43
SAT 24/07/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Glenferrie Oval 25 - 69
SAT 24/07/1965 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Coburg City Oval 67 - 34
SAT 24/07/1965 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 61 - 57
SAT 24/07/1965 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 46 - 27

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 11 -0- 2 44 174.1% 1,165 669
Footscray Reserves 2nd 10 -1- 2 42 109.4% 887 811
Geelong Reserves 3rd 7 -2- 4 32 114.6% 1,067 931
Essendon Reserves 4th 7 -0- 6 28 99.7% 975 978
Carlton Reserves 5th 6 -1- 6 26 108.2% 998 922
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 6 -0- 7 24 100.0% 945 945
Melbourne Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 98.4% 889 903
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 93.4% 927 992
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 6 -0- 7 24 84.9% 790 930
Richmond Reserves 10th 5 -0- 8 20 93.8% 885 943
St Kilda Reserves 11th 4 -0- 9 16 86.0% 760 884
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 11 8 67.8% 801 1,181

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1965 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 72 - 84
SAT 31/07/1965 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 81 - 73
SAT 31/07/1965 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 129 - 61
SAT 31/07/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Glenferrie Oval 67 - 86
SAT 31/07/1965 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 42 - 41
SAT 31/07/1965 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 59 - 57

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 12 -0- 2 48 170.0% 1,251 736
Footscray Reserves 2nd 10 -1- 3 42 107.6% 960 892
Geelong Reserves 3rd 8 -2- 4 36 120.6% 1,196 992
Essendon Reserves 4th 8 -0- 6 32 100.5% 1,056 1,051
Melbourne Reserves 5th 7 -0- 7 28 98.6% 931 944
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 7 -0- 7 28 87.2% 874 1,002
Carlton Reserves 7th 6 -1- 7 26 106.4% 1,070 1,006
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 8 24 93.7% 1,006 1,074
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 6 -0- 8 24 92.2% 994 1,078
Richmond Reserves 10th 5 -0- 9 20 94.0% 942 1,002
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -0- 9 20 87.0% 819 941
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 12 8 68.8% 842 1,223

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1965 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 52 - 48
SAT 07/08/1965 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Brunswick Street Oval 43 - 91
SAT 07/08/1965 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 39 - 35
SAT 07/08/1965 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Coburg City Oval 67 - 61
SAT 07/08/1965 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 103 - 65
SAT 07/08/1965 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 60 - 34

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 13 -0- 2 52 166.2% 1,303 784
Footscray Reserves 2nd 11 -1- 3 46 107.8% 999 927
Geelong Reserves 3rd 8 -2- 5 36 119.2% 1,244 1,044
Essendon Reserves 4th 8 -0- 7 32 97.1% 1,121 1,154
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 8 -0- 7 32 90.2% 934 1,036
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 7 -0- 8 28 96.8% 1,085 1,121
Melbourne Reserves 7th 7 -0- 8 28 96.1% 965 1,004
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 8 28 94.5% 1,073 1,135
Carlton Reserves 9th 6 -1- 8 26 105.4% 1,131 1,073
Richmond Reserves 10th 6 -0- 9 24 97.9% 1,045 1,067
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -0- 10 20 87.1% 854 980
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 13 8 67.4% 885 1,314

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1965 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 25 - 67
SAT 14/08/1965 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 114 - 49
SAT 14/08/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Glenferrie Oval 67 - 103
SAT 14/08/1965 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 67 - 70
SAT 14/08/1965 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Coburg City Oval 88 - 89
SAT 14/08/1965 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 61 - 86

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 14 -0- 2 56 169.3% 1,370 809
Footscray Reserves 2nd 12 -1- 3 50 109.8% 1,085 988
Geelong Reserves 3rd 9 -2- 5 40 118.3% 1,314 1,111
Essendon Reserves 4th 9 -0- 7 36 102.7% 1,235 1,203
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 8 -0- 8 32 88.7% 995 1,122
Richmond Reserves 6th 7 -0- 9 28 101.2% 1,148 1,134
Melbourne Reserves 7th 7 -0- 9 28 96.1% 1,032 1,074
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 9 28 94.9% 1,161 1,224
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 7 -0- 9 28 94.1% 1,152 1,224
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -1- 9 26 101.4% 1,156 1,140
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -0- 11 20 82.5% 903 1,094
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 13 12 69.5% 974 1,402

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1965 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 86 - 23
SAT 21/08/1965 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 76 - 36
SAT 21/08/1965 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 45 - 53
SAT 21/08/1965 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 100 - 84
SAT 21/08/1965 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 85 - 76
SAT 21/08/1965 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 96 - 86

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 15 -0- 2 60 175.0% 1,456 832
Footscray Reserves 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 108.5% 1,130 1,041
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -2- 5 44 118.3% 1,414 1,195
Essendon Reserves 4th 10 -0- 7 40 105.8% 1,311 1,239
Richmond Reserves 5th 8 -0- 9 32 101.9% 1,233 1,210
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 8 -0- 9 32 95.0% 1,205 1,269
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 8 -0- 9 32 86.1% 1,031 1,198
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 10 28 94.5% 1,247 1,320
Melbourne Reserves 9th 7 -0- 10 28 90.9% 1,055 1,160
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -1- 10 26 100.6% 1,232 1,225
St Kilda Reserves 11th 6 -0- 11 24 84.7% 999 1,180
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 14 12 70.4% 1,058 1,502

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1965 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 74 - 137
SAT 28/08/1965 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 81
SAT 28/08/1965 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Glenferrie Oval 91 - 72
SAT 28/08/1965 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 93 - 71
SAT 28/08/1965 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Coburg City Oval 71 - 131
SAT 28/08/1965 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 60 - 162

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 16 -0- 2 64 181.4% 1,618 892
Footscray Reserves 2nd 12 -1- 5 50 105.9% 1,201 1,134
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -2- 6 44 115.6% 1,486 1,286
Essendon Reserves 4th 11 -0- 7 44 110.3% 1,448 1,313
Richmond Reserves 5th 9 -0- 9 36 106.5% 1,364 1,281
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 9 -0- 9 36 96.6% 1,296 1,341
Melbourne Reserves 7th 8 -0- 10 32 93.3% 1,148 1,231
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 10 32 80.2% 1,091 1,360
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 7 -0- 11 28 90.8% 1,318 1,451
St Kilda Reserves 10th 7 -0- 11 28 86.9% 1,080 1,243
Carlton Reserves 11th 6 -1- 11 26 95.9% 1,306 1,362
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 15 12 70.8% 1,121 1,583

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1965 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 75 - 68
SAT 11/09/1965 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 100 - 52

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1965 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 89 - 106

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1965 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 105 - 80