Lake Oval · Sat 17 Jul 1965 · 9,520 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 3.3 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 56 |
| North MelbourneNM | 3.5 | 4.10 | 5.14 | 53 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 56 and 53.
Sydney won by 3 points.
8.8 (56) — 6.17 (53)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Skilton | 28 | 5 | 33 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Paul Harrison | 22 | 3 | 25 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Rantall | 19 | 4 | 23 | 6 | — |
| 0 |
| Ray Nilsson | 12 | 5 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Herbie Matthews | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Davison | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Graeme John | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Stuart Magee | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Elkin Reilly | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Heriot | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Bray | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Batch | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ron Tenabel | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Noel Orange | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bob Kingston | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Haydn McAuliffe | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ray Lucev | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gary Williamson | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bob Strachan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Davey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Gaudion | 23 | 10 | 33 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Mick Dowdle | 27 | 3 | 30 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Noel Teasdale | 14 | 10 | 24 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Tom Allison | 16 | 6 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Dean | 16 | 2 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Allan | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bernie McCarthy | 14 | 1 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Arthur Karanicolas | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bob Pascoe | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bert Johnson | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry McAuliffe | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Daryl OBrien | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rod Dell | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ray Davies | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Ibrahim | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Dugdale | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Frank Goode | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Adrian Perry | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Waddington | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Barry Gavin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Dowdle 2, Teasdale 1, Karanicolas 2, Dell 1