1965

This was the first of three consecutive premierships, the famous OFC Triple Treat of flags.

OFC had crossed over to the EDFL from the MDFA and was quick to have a signficant impact on Third Division.

Each of the premierships was special for a different reason.

However four time Premiership player and Life Member Peter Milic rates this one the most satisfying of all.

Peter says OFC lost so many players when it quit the MDFA that the Club almost disbanded.

He gives credit to the tireless work of coach Trevor Billington who revitalised the Club and recruited just enough players to field a team.

In 1965 Coldstream dominated the Division. They went through the Home and Away season undefeated and accrued a percentage of 258%- the biggest in the entire EDFL.

The Second Semi final loss to a resilient OFC was a shock to Coldstream, and indeed the whole EFL.

The two teams went on to meet again in the Grand Final and this time OFC completely eclipsed The Blues.

This flag was OFC’s first senior premiership. Olinda and Ferny Creek had amalgamated in 1946.

We have preserved some articles from the period, and some pics, which are contained in the PDFs below. These wll be gradually added to this site. Thank you to Sandy Gammon and Arthur Charteris.

ROUND	HOME TEAM	SCORE	AWAY TEAM	SCORE
1	RINGWOOD ROVERS	14.15.99	OLINDA FC	9.19.73
2	OLINDA FC	9.11.65	NORWOOD HIGH	10.8.68
3	MONTROSE	4.7.31	OLINDA FC	5.9.39
4	OLINDA FC	8.8.56	MT EVELYN	7.6.48
5	BYE	.	.	.
6	OLINDA FC	16.15.111	ROWVILLE	6.1.37
7	WANDIN	7.10.52	OLINDA FC	9.13.67
8	OLINDA FC	8.10.58	SILVAN	3.4.22
9	COLDSTREAM	13.17.95	OLINDA FC	10.12.72
10	OLINDA FC	10.14.74	RINGWOOD ROVERS	7.11.53
11	NORWOOD HIGH	6.3.39	OLINDA FC	14.19.103
12	OLINDA FC	8.13.61	MONTROSE	1.6.12
13	MT EVELYN	5.1.31	OLINDA	10.19.79
14	BYE	.	.	.
15	ROWVILLE	6.8.44	OLINDA FC	13.8.86
16	OLINDA FC	10.5.65	WANDIN	5.8.38
17	SILVAN	0.2.2	OLINDA FC	10.12.72
18	OLINDA FC	7.11.53	COLDSTREAM	11.7.73

TEAM	WON	LOST	BYE	%	PTS
COLDSTREAM	16	0	2	258	72
OLINDA FC	12	4	2	153	56
WANDIN	12	4	2	149	56
RINGWOOD ROVERS	10	6	2	135	48
NORWOOD HIGH	6	10	2	73	32
MONTROSE	5	11	2	73	28
ROWVILLE	5	11	2	50	28
MT EVELYN	4	12	2	83	24
SILVAN	2	14	2	49	16

FINALS

2ND SEMI

OLINDA FC

10.7.67

COLDSTREAM

8.10.58

GRAND FINAL

OLINDA FC

17.9.111

COLDSTREAM

7.12.54

GOALS PAUL JONES 7 M HARTLEY 2 J ISING 2 P MILIC 2 D McCARTHY 2 D HARRIS 1 W CAKEBREAD 1

BEST P JONES K RANKIN P MILIC R FOWLER S GAMMON P VAN BERKEL

PREMIERSHIP TEAM

B	S GAMMON 15	C MATTHEWS 6	T MYERS 20
H/B	P VAN BERKEL 23	G RAYNOR 27	Y VERSTEEGE 25
C	K RANKIN 16	R FOWLER 32	I JONES 52
H/F	M PEEL 13	P MILIC 22	J ISING 7
F	B VERNON 5	PAUL JONES 4	B McCARTHY 18
R	M HARTLEY 28	D HARRIS 3	D McCARTHY 17
INT	N BRADSHAW 1	W CAKEBREAD 10