1965 VFL Grand Final
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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 Robert 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
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Attendance
- MCG crowd - 104,846
