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| Venue | Western Oval, Melbourne on 6th, 8th March 1965 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Footscray won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essendon won by 8 wickets |
| Points | Footscray 0; Essendon 10 |
| Umpires | KR Butler, WJ Smyth |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 89/5 (Grant 23*, Swanson 1*) |
| Footscray first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Venes | c Brown b Adams | 33 | |||||
| VJ Roach | c Tobin b Grant | 10 | |||||
| +RCW Watson | b Adams | 3 | |||||
| *AE Dean | c Davis b Swanson | 28 | |||||
| LR Joslin | c and b Kirby | 13 | |||||
| NW Curwood | b Swanson | 39 | |||||
| BJ McConnell | c Grant b Kirby | 1 | |||||
| AR Leigh | c Grant b Kirby | 9 | |||||
| AC Day | c Kirby b Swanson | 0 | |||||
| TE Seal | c Swanson b Kirby | 0 | |||||
| RA Gaunt | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.2 overs) | 145 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-45, 3-58, 4-88, 5-106, 6-115, 7-139, 8-140, 9-145, 10-145 (46.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grant | 11 | 3 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| Adams | 11 | 2 | 35 | 2 | - | ||
| Davis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Kirby | 14 | 1 | 51 | 4 | - | ||
| Swanson | 9.2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Whitford | c Watson b Leigh | 0 | |||||
| *I Monks | b Leigh | 15 | |||||
| GT Tobin | c Joslin b Leigh | 14 | |||||
| GJ Brown | c Roach b Leigh | 6 | |||||
| DH Foster | st Watson b Seal | 17 | |||||
| JW Grant | b Dean | 92 | |||||
| JD Swanson | b Day | 29 | |||||
| BG Davis | c Watson b Day | 5 | |||||
| +TS O'Neill | run out | 14 | |||||
| KW Kirby | c Joslin b Leigh | 0 | |||||
| KE Adams | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (12 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 38.5 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-26, 3-42, 4-44, 5-88, 6-171, 7-185, 8-213, 9-218, 10-220 (38.5 ov) | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leigh | 11 | 1 | 34 | 5 | |||
| Gaunt | 13 | 0 | 75 | 0 | |||
| Day | 9 | 0 | 57 | 2 | |||
| Seal | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Dean | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Footscray second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Venes | b Adams | 7 | |||||
| VJ Roach | lbw b Adams | 0 | |||||
| +RCW Watson | c O'Neill b Grant | 3 | |||||
| *AE Dean | c Tobin b Davis | 16 | |||||
| LR Joslin | c Tobin b Grant | 0 | |||||
| NW Curwood | b Grant | 4 | |||||
| BJ McConnell | b Grant | 4 | |||||
| AR Leigh | not out | 41 | |||||
| AC Day | c Whitford b Grant | 0 | |||||
| TE Seal | c Swanson b Kirby | 23 | |||||
| RA Gaunt | b Grant | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 25 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-5, 3-17, 4-18, 5-31, 6-31, 7-45, 8-45, 9-102, 10-105 (25 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grant | 13 | 3 | 40 | 6 | - | ||
| Adams | 7 | 2 | 31 | 2 | - | ||
| Davis | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | ||
| Kirby | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Whitford | not out | 6 | |||||
| *I Monks | b Gaunt | 3 | |||||
| GT Tobin | retired hurt | 1 | |||||
| GJ Brown | c Roach b Gaunt | 0 | |||||
| DH Foster | not out | 4 | |||||
| JW Grant | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Swanson | did not bat | ||||||
| BG Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| +TS O'Neill | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Kirby | did not bat | ||||||
| KE Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 8 overs) | 31 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-19 | |||||||
| Footscray bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leigh | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gaunt | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |||
Notes
--> GT Tobin retired hurt in the Essendon second innings having scored 1 (team had lost 1 wickets)
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