1965 VFL Grand Final

Essendon	St Kilda
14.21 (105)	9.16 (70)

	1	2	3	4
ESS	2.7 (19)	5.10 (40)	10.18 (78)	14.21 (105)
STK	1.6 (12)	4.8 (32)	5.11 (41)	9.16 (70)

Date

25 September 1965

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Attendance

104,846

← 1964

VFL Grand Final

1966 →

The 1965 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1965. It was the 69th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the 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 Collingwood by a point in the Semi Final found themselves competing in just their second ever Grand Final and first since 1913, which they lost to Fitzroy. Essendon on the other hand last won a Premiership 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.

Teams

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
Reserve(s):	27 Bruce Waite	43 Kevin Egan
Coach:	John Coleman

St Kilda
B:	1 Rodger Head	6 Bob Murray	31 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
Reserve(s):	14 Bob Morton	24 Kevin Roberts
Coach:	Allan Jeans

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

Attendance

MCG crowd - 104,846

External links

Victorian/Australian Football League Grand Finals

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Essendon Football Club 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

Essendon Football Club

History Premierships and records Players Captains Coaches Awards W. S. Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers Captain: Jobe Watson Coach: John Worsfold Nickname: Bombers

Home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–91) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–present) Docklands Stadium (2000–present)

Premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 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

Related articles	Anzac Day clash Carlton–Essendon AFL rivalry Dreamtime at the 'G Archer–Hird Medal Line in the sand match Round 16, 2001 comeback vs. North Melbourne Supplements saga

St Kilda Football Club

History Club honours Individual honours Players Captains Coaches Records and statistics Trevor Barker award Leading goalkickers Captain: TBD Coach: Alan Richardson

Teams	First Grade Reserves

Affiliation teams	Sandringham Zebras

Primary grounds	Junction Oval (1897–64) Toorak Park (1942–43) Moorabbin Oval (1965–92) Waverley Park (1993–99) Docklands Stadium (2000–present)

Premierships	1966

Primary leagues	VFA (1877–97) VFL (1897–1989) AFL (1990–present)

Secondary leagues	VFL Night Series (1956–71) AFC Night Series (1977–87) Pre-Season Cup (1988–2013)

Reserve leagues	VFA (1877–1994) VFL (1995–present)

Rivalries	Fremantle Rivalry Collingwood Rivalry

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1965 VFL Grand Final

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

External links

See also