1965 VFL season
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Results and statistics for the VFL/AFL season of 1965.
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[edit] Premiership season
In 1965, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1965 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".
[edit] Round 1
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 8.16 (64) | Essendon | 11.18 (84) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17,500 | 17 April 1965 |
St Kilda | 8.12 (60) | Collingwood | 8.6 (54) | Moorabbin Oval | 51,370 | 17 April 1965 |
Hawthorn | 8.6 (54) | Carlton | 12.19 (91) | Glenferrie Oval | 36,000 | 17 April 1965 |
North Melbourne | 4.12 (36) | South Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | City of Coburg Oval | 13,774 | 19 April 1965 |
Richmond | 6.5 (41) | Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | MCG | 36,283 | 19 April 1965 |
Geelong | 5.5 (35) | Footscray | 5.3 (33) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 23,233 | 19 April 1965 |
[edit] Round 2
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 11.14 (80) | North Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 21,744 | 24 April 1965 |
Essendon | 20.18 (138) | Hawthorn | 6.8 (44) | Windy Hill | 20,500 | 24 April 1965 |
Collingwood | 11.13 (79) | Richmond | 9.10 (64) | Victoria Park | 31,370 | 24 April 1965 |
Carlton | 8.11 (59) | Geelong | 9.11 (65) | Princes Park | 34,945 | 24 April 1965 |
South Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | St Kilda | 12.12 (84) | Lake Oval | 23,979 | 24 April 1965 |
Footscray | 8.6 (54) | Fitzroy | 9.4 (58) | Western Oval | 16,998 | 24 April 1965 |
[edit] Round 3
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 12.13 (85) | St Kilda | 14.12 (96) | MCG | 43,412 | 1 May 1965 |
Fitzroy | 9.4 (58) | Melbourne | 14.25 (109) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,890 | 1 May 1965 |
Collingwood | 19.16 (130) | Hawthorn | 10.9 (69) | Victoria Park | 25,733 | 1 May 1965 |
North Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | Geelong | 14.14 (98) | City of Coburg Oval | 17,408 | 1 May 1965 |
Footscray | 6.12 (48) | Essendon | 18.18 (126) | Western Oval | 24,365 | 1 May 1965 |
South Melbourne | 12.14 (86) | Carlton | 10.11 (71) | Lake Oval | 23,100 | 1 May 1965 |
[edit] Round 4
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | South Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | MCG | 27,404 | 8 May 1965 |
Essendon | 10.9 (69) | Richmond | 14.9 (93) | Windy Hill | 14,500 | 8 May 1965 |
Carlton | 16.11 (107) | North Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Princes Park | 12,728 | 8 May 1965 |
St Kilda | 14.7 (91) | Footscray | 7.8 (50) | Moorabbin Oval | 14,454 | 8 May 1965 |
Hawthorn | 14.14 (98) | Fitzroy | 9.7 (61) | Glenferrie Oval | 9,000 | 8 May 1965 |
Geelong | 7.8 (50) | Collingwood | 6.9 (45) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 21,525 | 8 May 1965 |
[edit] Round 5
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 8.7 (55) | Melbourne | 10.9 (69) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 37,774 | 15 May 1965 |
Footscray | 11.11 (77) | South Melbourne | 11.10 (76) | Western Oval | 11,253 | 15 May 1965 |
Fitzroy | 12.9 (81) | North Melbourne | 16.13 (109) | Brunswick Street Oval | 10,561 | 15 May 1965 |
Richmond | 14.21 (105) | Hawthorn | 8.12 (60) | MCG | 32,104 | 15 May 1965 |
St Kilda | 7.14 (56) | Essendon | 14.9 (93) | Moorabbin Oval | 39,765 | 15 May 1965 |
Collingwood | 9.11 (65) | Carlton | 13.7 (85) | Victoria Park | 37,223 | 15 May 1965 |
[edit] Round 6
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 8.10 (58) | St Kilda | 14.12 (96) | City of Coburg Oval | 13,291 | 22 May 1965 |
Fitzroy | 8.8 (56) | Geelong | 11.21 (87) | Brunswick Street Oval | 11,925 | 22 May 1965 |
Carlton | 8.13 (61) | Richmond | 6.9 (45) | Princes Park | 29,949 | 22 May 1965 |
Hawthorn | 12.9 (81) | Footscray | 10.14 (74) | Glenferrie Oval | 11,800 | 22 May 1965 |
South Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Essendon | 12.16 (88) | Lake Oval | 24,200 | 22 May 1965 |
Melbourne | 6.13 (49) | Collingwood | 7.5 (47) | MCG | 56,808 | 22 May 1965 |
[edit] Round 7
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 18.14 (122) | Hawthorn | 6.9 (45) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 19,004 | 29 May 1965 |
Footscray | 9.11 (65) | Melbourne | 10.9 (69) | Western Oval | 18,380 | 29 May 1965 |
Collingwood | 15.11 (101) | South Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | Victoria Park | 33,452 | 29 May 1965 |
Richmond | 21.16 (142) | North Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | MCG | 24,602 | 29 May 1965 |
St Kilda | 11.18 (84) | Fitzroy | 5.5 (35) | Moorabbin Oval | 18,670 | 29 May 1965 |
Essendon | 5.23 (53) | Carlton | 10.9 (69) | Windy Hill | 35,500 | 29 May 1965 |
[edit] Round 8
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 8.14 (62) | St Kilda | 6.7 (43) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 27,584 | 5 June 1965 |
Collingwood | 14.12 (96) | Footscray | 11.12 (78) | Victoria Park | 25,250 | 5 June 1965 |
Carlton | 6.22 (58) | Melbourne | 13.17 (95) | Princes Park | 41,561 | 5 June 1965 |
South Melbourne | 13.24 (102) | Hawthorn | 12.19 (91) | Lake Oval | 17,400 | 5 June 1965 |
Richmond | 21.17 (143) | Fitzroy | 10.15 (75) | MCG | 20,649 | 5 June 1965 |
North Melbourne | 11.15 (81) | Essendon | 13.10 (88) | City of Coburg Oval | 12,828 | 5 June 1965 |
[edit] Round 9
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 14.10 (94) | North Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | Glenferrie Oval | 11,000 | 12 June 1965 |
South Melbourne | 20.9 (129) | Geelong | 17.13 (115) | Lake Oval | 32,260 | 12 June 1965 |
Essendon | 7.12 (54) | Collingwood | 12.14 (86) | Windy Hill | 34,900 | 12 June 1965 |
Melbourne | 9.7 (61) | St Kilda | 18.14 (122) | MCG | 72,114 | 14 June 1965 |
Footscray | 9.11 (65) | Richmond | 9.17 (71) | Western Oval | 25,345 | 14 June 1965 |
Fitzroy | 9.7 (61) | Carlton | 14.18 (102) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20,140 | 14 June 1965 |
[edit] Round 10
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 12.9 (81) | Richmond | 9.11 (65) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 25,350 | 26 June 1965 |
Fitzroy | 14.16 (100) | South Melbourne | 14.10 (94) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,626 | 26 June 1965 |
Carlton | 12.10 (82) | Footscray | 8.10 (58) | Princes Park | 19,680 | 26 June 1965 |
St Kilda | 24.12 (156) | Hawthorn | 11.9 (75) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,010 | 26 June 1965 |
Melbourne | 6.6 (42) | Essendon | 10.11 (71) | MCG | 51,420 | 26 June 1965 |
North Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Collingwood | 13.12 (90) | City of Coburg Oval | 21,626 | 26 June 1965 |
[edit] Round 11
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 9.13 (67) | Melbourne | 19.11 (125) | Glenferrie Oval | 14,900 | 3 July 1965 |
Footscray | 7.10 (52) | North Melbourne | 5.10 (40) | Western Oval | 14,150 | 3 July 1965 |
St Kilda | 12.8 (80) | Carlton | 10.14 (74) | Moorabbin Oval | 35,794 | 3 July 1965 |
Richmond | 23.20 (158) | South Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | MCG | 35,200 | 10 July 1965 |
Essendon | 12.16 (88) | Geelong | 6.9 (45) | Windy Hill | 27,000 | 10 July 1965 |
Collingwood | 10.14 (74) | Fitzroy | 4.6 (30) | Victoria Park | 20,657 | 10 July 1965 |
[edit] Round 12
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 9.6 (60) | Richmond | 9.12 (66) | MCG | 36,830 | 17 July 1965 |
Footscray | 1.8 (14) | Geelong | 5.13 (43) | Western Oval | 13,395 | 17 July 1965 |
Essendon | 12.12 (84) | Fitzroy | 3.8 (26) | Windy Hill | 10,650 | 17 July 1965 |
Collingwood | 8.13 (61) | St Kilda | 7.5 (47) | Victoria Park | 29,357 | 17 July 1965 |
Carlton | 8.19 (67) | Hawthorn | 8.4 (52) | Princes Park | 12,791 | 17 July 1965 |
South Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | North Melbourne | 6.17 (53) | Lake Oval | 9,520 | 17 July 1965 |
[edit] Round 13
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
St Kilda | 18.9 (117) | South Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | Moorabbin Oval | 18,709 | 24 July 1965 |
Fitzroy | 7.13 (55) | Footscray | 6.6 (42) | Brunswick Street Oval | 7,456 | 24 July 1965 |
North Melbourne | 11.15 (81) | Melbourne | 9.6 (60) | City of Coburg Oval | 8,312 | 24 July 1965 |
Hawthorn | 7.5 (47) | Essendon | 10.11 (71) | Glenferrie Oval | 11,400 | 24 July 1965 |
Richmond | 8.8 (56) | Collingwood | 12.7 (79) | MCG | 56,360 | 24 July 1965 |
Geelong | 5.9 (39) | Carlton | 9.12 (66) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 19,568 | 24 July 1965 |
[edit] Round 14
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 10.17 (77) | North Melbourne | 5.4 (34) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 19,658 | 31 July 1965 |
Essendon | 13.18 (96) | Footscray | 6.11 (47) | Windy Hill | 16,800 | 31 July 1965 |
Carlton | 9.19 (73) | South Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | Princes Park | 20,744 | 31 July 1965 |
St Kilda | 14.12 (96) | Richmond | 11.17 (83) | Moorabbin Oval | 34,076 | 31 July 1965 |
Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Fitzroy | 11.15 (81) | MCG | 30,381 | 31 July 1965 |
Hawthorn | 8.12 (60) | Collingwood | 12.22 (94) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,500 | 31 July 1965 |
[edit] Round 15
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 6.9 (45) | St Kilda | 9.15 (69) | Western Oval | 11,313 | 7 August 1965 |
Fitzroy | 4.12 (36) | Hawthorn | 8.6 (54) | Brunswick Street Oval | 7,463 | 7 August 1965 |
Collingwood | 14.9 (93) | Geelong | 7.4 (46) | Victoria Park | 26,915 | 7 August 1965 |
South Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Melbourne | 5.9 (39) | Lake Oval | 15,130 | 7 August 1965 |
Richmond | 14.10 (94) | Essendon | 5.6 (36) | MCG | 32,031 | 7 August 1965 |
North Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Carlton | 5.2 (32) | City of Coburg Oval | 11,474 | 7 August 1965 |
[edit] Round 16
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 9.14 (68) | Richmond | 16.14 (110) | Glenferrie Oval | 15,000 | 14 August 1965 |
Essendon | 9.15 (69) | St Kilda | 9.10 (64) | Windy Hill | 28,700 | 14 August 1965 |
Carlton | 11.16 (82) | Collingwood | 16.11 (107) | Princes Park | 36,730 | 14 August 1965 |
Melbourne | 11.7 (73) | Geelong | 16.11 (107) | MCG | 44,753 | 14 August 1965 |
South Melbourne | 10.18 (78) | Footscray | 13.14 (92) | Lake Oval | 13,600 | 14 August 1965 |
North Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | Fitzroy | 12.11 (83) | City of Coburg Oval | 7,788 | 14 August 1965 |
[edit] Round 17
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 4.17 (41) | Hawthorn | 11.6 (72) | Western Oval | 10,496 | 21 August 1965 |
Essendon | 14.13 (97) | South Melbourne | 4.7 (31) | Windy Hill | 18,950 | 21 August 1965 |
Collingwood | 14.10 (94) | Melbourne | 7.10 (52) | Victoria Park | 33,318 | 21 August 1965 |
St Kilda | 12.13 (85) | North Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | Moorabbin Oval | 18,704 | 21 August 1965 |
Geelong | 9.16 (70) | Fitzroy | 8.4 (52) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 15,651 | 21 August 1965 |
Richmond | 14.8 (92) | Carlton | 10.9 (69) | MCG | 40,576 | 21 August 1965 |
[edit] Round 18
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Richmond | 6.12 (48) | City of Coburg Oval | 11,867 | 28 August 1965 |
Fitzroy | 16.6 (102) | St Kilda | 19.13 (127) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,782 | 28 August 1965 |
Carlton | 10.9 (69) | Essendon | 9.6 (60) | Princes Park | 26,267 | 28 August 1965 |
Hawthorn | 10.9 (69) | Geelong | 17.20 (122) | Glenferrie Oval | 15,106 | 28 August 1965 |
Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | Footscray | 10.15 (75) | MCG | 19,532 | 28 August 1965 |
South Melbourne | 13.16 (94) | Collingwood | 12.6 (78) | Lake Oval | 28,860 | 28 August 1965 |
[edit] Ladder
Team | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Agst | % | Points | |
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1 | St. Kilda | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1573 | 1154 | 136.3 | 56 |
2 | Collingwood | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1473 | 1131 | 130.2 | 52 |
3 | Geelong | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1319 | 1088 | 121.2 | 52 |
4 | Essendon | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1465 | 1102 | 132.9 | 48 |
5 | Richmond | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1561 | 1249 | 125.0 | 40 |
6 | Carlton | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1317 | 1190 | 110.7 | 40 |
7 | Melbourne | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1265 | 135 | 96.2 | 40 |
8 | South Melbourne | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1386 | 1550 | 89.4 | 36 |
9 | North Melbourne | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1143 | 1415 | 80.8 | 20 |
10 | Footscray | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1010 | 1310 | 77.1 | 16 |
11 | Fitzroy | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1114 | 1580 | 70.5 | 16 |
12 | Hawthorn | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1200 | 1742 | 68.9 | 16 |
[edit] Night Series Competition
The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season.
Final: North Melbourne 14.13 (97) defeated Carlton 9.3 (57).
[edit] Premiership Finals
[edit] First Semi-Final
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Geelong | 2.0 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 7.9 (51) |
Essendon | 3.5 | 8.14 | 10.16 | 14.19 (103) |
Attendance: 89,833 |
[edit] Second Semi-Final
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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St Kilda | 2.7 | 6.14 | 11.22 | 13.24 (102) |
Collingwood | 5.5 | 8.7 | 11.10 | 14.17 (101) |
Attendance: 98,385 |
[edit] Preliminary Final
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Collingwood | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 6.6 (42) |
Essendon | 3.6 | 5.9 | 10.10 | 14.13 (97) |
Attendance: 95,386 |
[edit] Grand Final
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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St Kilda | 1.6 | 4.8 | 5.11 | 9.16 (70) |
Essendon | 2.7 | 5.10 | 10.18 | 14.21 (105) |
Attendance: 104,846 |
[edit] Grand Final Teams
St Kilda | |||
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Backs | Rodger Head | Bob Murray | Kevin Neale |
H/Backs | Brian Sierakowski | Ian Synman | Daryl Griffiths |
Centre Line | Bruce McMaster-Smith | Ian Stewart | Jim Read |
H/Forwards | Ian Cooper | Darrel Baldock (c) | Des Kennedy |
Forwards | Allan Morrow | Verdun Howell | Ross Smith |
Rucks/Rover | Carl Ditterich | Ray Cross | Ian Rowland |
Reserves | Bob Morton | Kevin Roberts | |
Coach | Allan Jeans |
Essendon | |||
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Backs | Daryl Gerlach | Greg Brown | Charlie Payne |
H/Backs | Barry Davis | Ian Shelton | Geoff Pryor |
Centre Line | Alex Epis | Jack Clarke | Russell Blew |
H/Forwards | Graham Johnston | Ken Fraser (c) | Geoff Gosper |
Forwards | Brian Sampson | Ted Fordham | David Shaw |
Rucks/Rover | Don McKenzie | Hugh Mitchell | John Birt |
Reserves | Bruce Waite | Kevin Egan | |
Coach | John Coleman |
Umpire - Jeff Crouch
[edit] Awards
- The 1965 VFL Premiership team was Essendon.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was John Peck of Hawthorn who kicked 56 goals.
- The winner of the 1965 Brownlow Medal was Ian Stewart of St Kilda with 20 votes. He won on a count-back from Noel Teasdale of North Melbourne.
- As a consequence of its 1981 decision to change its rules relating to tied Brownlow Medal contests, the AFL awarded a retrospective medal to Noel Teasdale in 1989.
- Hawthorn took the "wooden spoon" in 1965.
[edit] Notable Events
- In January, Melbourne's 1964 premiership captain Ron Barassi astounds the VFL community by announcing that he will be the 1965 captain/coach of Carlton.
- Richmond had moved its "home ground" to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (sharing it with Melbourne), whilst continuing to train at the Punt Road Oval. In round 1, Richmond played its first "home" match at the MCG, against Melbourne in front of 36,283 spectators; Melbourne win by a goal, 7.5 (47) to 6.5 (41).
- North Melbourne and St Kilda had moved their training base and their "home ground" to Coburg Oval and Moorabbin Oval respectively. In round 1, North Melbourne played its first "home" match at the Coburg Oval, against South Melbourne in front of 13,774 spectators; the ground is in shocking condition and North Melbourne lose 6.10 (46) to 4.12 (36). In round 1, St Kilda played its first "home" match at the Moorabbin Oval, against Collingwood in front of 51,370 spectators (an all-time crowd record for the Moorabbin Oval); St Kilda win 8.12 (60) to 8.6 (54).
- In the round 2 match against Essendon, Hawthorn forward Garry Young sustains a painful injury from a hard knock. Hawthorn captain Graham Arthur stands over him and says "Get up you weak bastard". Young returns to the play and does his best to continue. Eventually he leaves the ground. He went straight to hospital where it was discovered that he had a perforated bowel and peritonitis, both of which are life-threatening conditions. He never played again.
- In round 6, Essendon forward Geoff Gosper is the first VFL player to play with a mouthguard.
- On Saturday June 19, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victoria thrashes South Australia 19.17 (131) to 9.18 (72); however, the tables are turned in the return match on 10 July, in Adelaide, when South Australia thrashes Victoria even more comprehensively 12.11 (83) to 3.1 (19).
- Norm Smith, a six-premiership Melbourne coach, was sacked after round 12 and then reinstated before round 14. Smith had been unhappy about his lack of support from the Melbourne Football Club in the libel case that had been brought against him by VFL umpire Russell Blew.
- At the end of the season, North Melbourne Football Club declares its move to Coburg Oval a failure, and state that it will play all of its future "home games" at the Arden Street Oval once again.
- Melbourne miss the finals for the first time since 1954, and St Kilda play in a Grand Final for the first time since 1913.
- Essendon's half-forward flanker John Somerville was felled behind play in first 10 minutes of the 1965 Preliminary Final. His opponent for the day, Collingwood's Duncan Wright, was never selected to play for Collingwood again. The field umpire, Ron Brophy, was never selected to umpire a VFL match again. (See Duncan Wright and John Somerville.)
[edit] References
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
[edit] External links
- 1965 Season - AFL Tables
- Richard Allsop, "Round 15 Footy Flashbacks: Player of the week – Garry Young", (Official Website of the Hawthorn Football Club, 11 July, 2007)
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