1965 VFL grand final

1965 VFL Grand Final
1965 VFL Grand Final
9.16 (70)	14.21 (105)
Date	25 September 1965
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	104,846
Favourite	St Kilda

The 1965 VFL Grand Final was an

premiers for the 1965 VFL season

. The match, attended by 104,846 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 35 points, marking that club's 12th premiership victory.

St Kilda were minor premiers for the first time in their history and, after beating

three years previously

.

The Bombers set up their win in the third quarter, scoring five goals to just one by the Saints. Ted Fordham kicked seven goals for Essendon.

The game was considered lost media for many years. However, the ABC was able to locate an archived copy of the game decades after.^[1]

Teams

St Kilda

Essendon

St Kilda
B:	1 Rodger Head	6 Bob Murray	18 Kevin Neale
HB:	17 Brian Sierakowski	9 Ian Synman	25 Daryl Griffiths
C:	7 Jim Read	5 Ian Stewart	36 Bruce McMaster-Smith
HF:	15 Ian Cooper	4 Darrel Baldock (c)	17 Ray Cross
F:	8 Alan Morrow	16 Verdun Howell	3 Ross Smith
Foll:	10 Carl Ditterich	20 Des Kennedy	26 Ian Rowland
Res:	14 Bob Morton	24 Kevin Roberts
Coach:	Allan Jeans

Essendon
B:	2 Darryl Gerlach	18 Greg Brown	8 Charlie Payne
HB:	32 Barry Davis	10 Ian Shelton	21 Geoff Pryor
C:	28 Alec Epis	1 Jack Clarke	14 Russell Blew
HF:	16 Graeme Johnston	23 Ken Fraser (c)	6 Geoff Gosper
F:	34 Brian Sampson	20 Ted Fordham	4 David Shaw
Foll:	24 Don McKenzie	31 Hugh Mitchell	11 John Birt
Res:	27 Bruce Waite	43 Kevin Egan
Coach:	John Coleman

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon:

Fordham 7
Gosper 2
Sampson 2
Birt 1
Fraser 1
Mitchell 1

St Kilda:

Howell 3
Baldock 2
Rowland 2
Roberts 1
Smith 1

1965 VFL premiers
Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.6 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Clarke 2. Gerlach 4. Shaw 6. Gosper 8. Payne 10. Shelton 11. Birt 14. Blew 16. Johnston 18. Brown 20. Fordham 21. Pryor 23. Fraser (c) 24. McKenzie 27. Waite 28. Epis 31. Mitchell 32. Davis 34. Sampson 43. Egan
Coach: Coleman

v t e St Kilda Football Club
Nickname: Saints History Club honours Individual honours Players Captains Coaches Records and statistics Trevor Barker Award AFLW best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Ross Lyon AFL captains: Jack Steele AFLW coach: Nick Dal Santo AFLW captain: Hannah Priest
VFL/AFL home grounds	Docklands Stadium (2000–) Waverley Park (1992–1999) Moorabbin Oval (1965–1992) Junction Oval (1897–1964)
AFLW home grounds	Moorabbin Oval (2020–)
Premierships (1)	1966
Runner-up (6)	1913 1965 1971 1997 2009 2010
Seasons (139) (non-club articles in italics)	1877 1878 1879 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Related articles	Sandringham Football Club (VFL affiliate) Southern Saints (VFLW affiliate)
St Kilda did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to the First World War (indicated in grey)

v t e Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Brad Scott AFL captain: Dyson Heppell AFLW coach: Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains: Stephanie Cain & Bonnie Toogood
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
AFLW home grounds	North Port Oval (2022 (S7)) Windy Hill (2023–)
AFLW seasons (2)	2022 (S7) 2023
Related articles	Anzac Day match Archer–Hird Medal Carlton rivalry Dreamtime at the 'G The Hangar Line in the Sand Match Round 16, 2001 comeback against North Melbourne Supplements saga
Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I (indicated in grey)

1965 VFL grand final

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

References

External links

See also