Windy Hill · Sat 31 Jul 1965 · 16,800 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 3.5 | 7.9 | 11.10 | 96 |
| Western BulldogsWB | 3.2 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 47 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 96 and 47.
Essendon won by 49 points.
13.18 (96) — 6.11 (47)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Birt | 27 | 1 | 28 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Russell Blew | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ken Fraser | 13 | 8 | 21 | 6 | — |
| 2 |
| Don Gross | 18 | 3 | 21 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Pryor | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ken Timms | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alec Epis | 15 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Gosper | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Capuano | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ted Fordham | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Brian Sampson | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Charlie Payne | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Shaw | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Brown | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Johnston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Hobbs | 24 | 2 | 26 | 6 | — | 2 |
| George Bisset | 23 | 2 | 25 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Schultz | 19 | 2 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| David Thorpe | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Jillard | 18 | 2 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Shanahan | 15 | 2 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Murray Zeuschner | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bryant | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Graham Ion | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Chalmers | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Alan Mannix | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Don McKenzie | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Stevens | 9 | 1 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 |
| David Darcy | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ivan Marsh | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ken Duff | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Algy Vosilaitis | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Rod OConnor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Noel Fincher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |