1939 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 97.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Dick Reynolds (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tom Reynolds (71)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Dick Reynolds

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Reynolds
Vice-Captain(s): Bill Luff

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Norm #7 14 R04-R14, R16-R18 0
Begley, Les #24 16 R01-R10, R13-R18 12
Bell, George #12 13 R01-R13 0
Bryce, Ted #9 13 R01-R05, R11-R18 8
Bushby, Percy #35 3 R15-R17 0
Buttsworth, Wally #15 12 R01, R07, R09-R18 0
Caesar, Jack #5 13 R01, R03, R06-R09, R12-R18 3
Cassin, Jack #19 18 R01-R18 6
Coward, Ernie #1 14 R02-R14, R18 5
Doig, Norm #21 2 R13-R14 0
Eastmure, Bill #34 1 R18 0
Exelby, Murray #4 10 R01-R05, R11-R12, R15, R17-R18 5
Foley, Ashley #27 7 R05-R07, R11-R12, R17-R18 1
Goldin, Godfrey #31 8 R06, R10, R12-R17 6
Green, Bill #32 3 R09-R11 0
Green, Fred #26 7 R01-R04, R07, R09-R10 1
Griggs, Les #33 7 R10-R16 0
Hardiman, Kevin #22 14 R02, R05-R07, R09-R18 26
Kelly, Frank #23 4 R02-R05 2
Lambert, Chris #27 3 R09-R11 1
Lippiatt, Harry #17 9 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08-R11 0
Luff, Bill #11 15 R01-R11, R13-R16 0
Maynes, Leo #10 12 R01-R03, R09-R17 0
McDermott, Norm #2 4 R01, R07-R09 5
Paterson, Peter #18 2 R04, R08 1
Pattinson, George #25 14 R05-R18 2
Plummer, Elton #8 6 R02-R04, R08, R17-R18 0
Regan, Ted #34 2 R15-R16 0
Reynolds, Dick #3 15 R01-R08, R12-R18 40
Reynolds, Tom #29 18 R01-R18 71
Rippon, Ted #21 3 R03, R06, R08 1
Slater, Syd #16 1 R01 0
Smith, Ron #30 3 R04, R07-R08 0
Standfield, Bob #6 11 R01-R06, R11-R12, R14, R17-R18 0
Torney, Hugh #20 15 R01-R09, R12-R16, R18 1
Watts, Ray #28 16 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R18 38
Wilson, Stan #14 14 R01-R10, R15-R18 3

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Baggott, Jack 6 2 -0- 4 R01-R06
Reynolds, Dick 10 4 -0- 6 R07-R08, R11-R18
Hunter, Harry 2 2 -0- 0 R09-R10

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Jack Baggott Dick Reynolds
29/04/1939 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 6 Jack Baggott Dick Reynolds
06/05/1939 Round 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 2 Jack Baggott Dick Reynolds
13/05/1939 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 48 Jack Baggott Dick Reynolds
20/05/1939 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 39 Jack Baggott Dick Reynolds
27/05/1939 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 13 Jack Baggott Dick Reynolds
03/06/1939 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
12/06/1939 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 21 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
17/06/1939 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 9 Harry Hunter Bill Luff
24/06/1939 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 10 Harry Hunter Bill Luff
01/07/1939 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 57 Dick Reynolds Bill Luff
08/07/1939 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 1 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
15/07/1939 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
22/07/1939 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 54 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
05/08/1939 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 60 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
12/08/1939 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 31 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
19/08/1939 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 40 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
02/09/1939 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 56 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds