Lake Oval · Sat 22 May 1965 · 24,200 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 5.2 | 8.3 | 12.9 | 96 |
| EssendonESS | 3.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 88 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 96 and 88.
Sydney won by 8 points.
14.12 (96) — 12.16 (88)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Skilton | 18 | 8 | 26 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Ray Nilsson | 17 | 7 | 24 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Max Papley | 20 | 1 | 21 | 6 | — |
| 1 |
| Graeme John | 13 | 6 | 19 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Ray Lucev | 18 | 0 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Bray | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Glen Parker | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Paul Harrison | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Stuart Magee | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Herbie Matthews | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Parker | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Batch | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Eric White | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bob Kingston | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 2 |
| John Long | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Trevor Somerville | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Heriot | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Elkin Reilly | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Brian Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Birt | 22 | 1 | 23 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fraser | 17 | 5 | 22 | 12 | — | 1 |
| Brian Sampson | 15 | 3 | 18 | 13 | — | 2 |
| Ted Fordham | 15 | 2 | 17 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Russell Blew | 16 | 0 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Pryor | 15 | 1 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| David Shaw | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Timms | 12 | 3 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Don McKenzie | 13 | 1 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alec Epis | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Capuano | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Johnston | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Gosper | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Don Gross | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Paul Doran | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Keith Gent | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Greg Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |