| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday April 24, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 6 points | Umpire: J.Crouch | Crowd: 34,945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Nicholls 2, M.Sankey 2, R.Barassi 1, T.Board 1, B.Gill 1, W.Lofts 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: J.Nicholls by umpire Crouch for striking T.Fox with forearm in first quarter. Not guilty. W.Lofts by goal umpire Perry for attempting to strike G.Rosenow in third quarter. Guilty 4 weeks suspension | Injuries: R.Barassi (thigh) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Two evenly-matched teams met in this entertaining match at Princes Park - a hard-fought contest that eventually went to the steadier Cats by one straight kick.One of the highlights was another John Nicholls-Polly Farmer ruck battle that ended up all square. Nicholls won the early exchanges, so Farmer went to a forward pocket and kicked five goals. In his second game, Ron Barassi kicked his first goal for his new club.
With one win and one loss, the Blues fell to fifth on the ladder, albeit with a healthy percentage of 126.05.
Team
| B: | 36 Roger Hoggett | 26 Graeme Anderson | 5 Ken Greenwood |
| HB: | 11 John Goold | 17 Gordon Collis | 12 John Gill |
| C: | 30 Murray Kick | 19 Ian Collins | 6 Garry Crane |
| HF: | 21 Barry Gill | 20 Wes Lofts | 33 Jim Pleydell |
| F: | 16 Maurie Sankey | 1 Serge Silvagni | 24 Terry Board |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (vc) | 31 Ron Barassi (cc) | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 7 John Kemp | 15 Greg Hardie | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
In: G. Hardie, G. Crane
Out: B. Cox, C. Stewart
Milestones
50 Games: Murray KickRound 1 | Round 3