1942 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 12-0-3, P%: 127.1%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tom Reynolds (51)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Dick Reynolds

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Reynolds
Vice-Captain(s): Hugh Torney

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbott, Gordon #25 15 R01-R06, R08-R10, R14-R16, SF, PF, GF 7
Bell, George #12 1 R02 0
Betson, Norm #31 9 R01, R03-R04, R12-R16, SF 7
Bryce, Ted #9 10 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08-R10, R16, SF 17
Bushby, Percy #35 18 R01-R06, R08-R16, SF, PF, GF 3
Buttsworth, Wally #15 18 R01-R06, R08-R16, SF, PF, GF 0
Caesar, Jack #5 7 R13-R16, SF, PF, GF 0
Cassin, Jack #19 12 R01-R06, R08-R09, R15-R16, PF, GF 18
Coward, Ernie #1 17 R01-R06, R09-R16, SF, PF, GF 0
Dearle, Laurie #10 10 R01-R02, R05, R11-R14, SF, PF, GF 7
Dimble, Murray #11 5 R11-R15 5
Edwards, Maurie #23 1 R15 0
Evans, Joe #16 7 R01, R06, R08-R10, R15-R16 0
Exelby, Murray #4 15 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08, R10-R15, SF, PF, GF 18
Flanigan, Bob #30 18 R01-R06, R08-R16, SF, PF, GF 0
Griggs, Les #33 2 R03, R12 1
Hall, Billy #11 1 R04 0
Hird, Allan #6 18 R01-R06, R08-R16, SF, PF, GF 0
Hutchison, Bill #7 11 R02-R06, R11, R15-R16, SF, PF, GF 5
Lambert, Chris #14 9 R04-R06, R08-R12, R15 0
Lane, Gordon #22 16 R01-R06, R09-R14, R16, SF, PF, GF 44
Leehane, Ted #14 12 R08-R16, SF, PF, GF 12
Pattinson, George #25 3 R11, R13-R14 2
Plummer, Elton #8 18 R01-R06, R08-R16, SF, PF, GF 0
Powell, Ray #17 3 R08-R10 1
Rawle, Keith #2 11 R02-R06, R08-R10, R13-R14, R16 7
Reynolds, Dick #3 17 R01-R06, R08-R09, R11-R16, SF, PF, GF 27
Reynolds, Tom #29 17 R01-R06, R08-R14, R16, SF, PF, GF 61
Ruddell, Cec #21 17 R01-R06, R08-R14, R16, SF, PF, GF 0
Silk, Sid #28 8 R01, R03, R08, R10-R12, PF, GF 0
Torney, Hugh #20 16 R01-R06, R08-R13, R15, SF, PF, GF 7

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)
Reynolds, Dick 18 14 -0- 4 R01-R06, R08-R16, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
09/05/1942 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 54 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
16/05/1942 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 4 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
23/05/1942 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 5 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
30/05/1942 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 49 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
06/06/1942 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 40 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
13/06/1942 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 1 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
Round 7 BYE
27/06/1942 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 106 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
04/07/1942 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 6 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
11/07/1942 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 25 Dick Reynolds Hugh Torney
18/07/1942 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 20 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
25/07/1942 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 20 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
01/08/1942 Round 13 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 34 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
08/08/1942 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 53 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
15/08/1942 Round 15 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 19 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
22/08/1942 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
05/09/1942 Semi Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 22 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
12/09/1942 Preliminary Final South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 28 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
19/09/1942 Grand Final Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 53 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds