1965 VFLR Season: Footscray Reserves

These are the details of the premiership results for the Footscray Reserves for the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by the Collingwood Reserves in the second semi final, the Footscray Reserves were defeated by the Geelong Reserves in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1965 VFLR Season
Team: Footscray Reserves
Club: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Western Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-1-5, P%: 105.9)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Geelong (R) (Preliminary Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1965 Round 1 Geelong (R) AWAY DRAW drawn unknown unknown
24/04/1965 Round 2 Fitzroy (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 31 unknown unknown
01/05/1965 Round 3 Essendon (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 6 unknown unknown
08/05/1965 Round 4 St Kilda (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 5 unknown unknown
15/05/1965 Round 5 South Melbourne (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 13 unknown unknown
22/05/1965 Round 6 Hawthorn (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 19 unknown unknown
29/05/1965 Round 7 Melbourne (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 35 unknown unknown
05/06/1965 Round 8 Collingwood (R) AWAY LOSS COLR by 51 unknown unknown
14/06/1965 Round 9 Richmond (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 12 unknown unknown
26/06/1965 Round 10 Carlton (R) AWAY LOSS CARR by 29 unknown unknown
03/07/1965 Round 11 North Melbourne (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 23 unknown unknown
17/07/1965 Round 12 Geelong (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 6 unknown unknown
24/07/1965 Round 13 Fitzroy (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 6 unknown unknown
31/07/1965 Round 14 Essendon (R) AWAY LOSS ESSR by 8 unknown unknown
07/08/1965 Round 15 St Kilda (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 4 unknown unknown
14/08/1965 Round 16 South Melbourne (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 25 unknown unknown
21/08/1965 Round 17 Hawthorn (R) HOME LOSS HWTR by 8 unknown unknown
28/08/1965 Round 18 Melbourne (R) AWAY LOSS MLBR by 22 unknown unknown
11/09/1965 Semi Final Collingwood (R) AWAY LOSS COLR by 48 unknown unknown
18/09/1965 Preliminary Final Geelong (R) HOME LOSS GEER by 17 unknown unknown