1943 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 10-0-5, P%: 115.2%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gordon Lane, Dick Reynolds (29)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Dick Reynolds

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Reynolds

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbott, Gordon #25 12 R01-R02, R07-R08, R10-R11, R13-R16, SF, GF 5
Betson, Norm #31 17 R01-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 5
Brittingham, Bill #23 6 R02-R05, R12, R15 3
Bushby, Percy #35 14 R01, R04-R08, R10-R11, R13-R16, SF, GF 5
Buttsworth, Wally #15 14 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R14, SF, GF 0
Cassin, Jack #19 14 R01-R04, R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 11
Cockburn, Jack #27 5 R13-R14, R16, SF, GF 1
Coward, Ernie #1 16 R01-R07, R10-R16, SF, GF 4
Dearle, Laurie #10 14 R01-R04, R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 5
Drummond, Bob #32 6 R05-R07, R10-R12 11
Edwards, Maurie #30 4 R06, R08, R10, R16 0
Exelby, Murray #4 13 R02-R08, R10-R12, R14-R16 8
Farrell, Jimmy #18 4 R04-R07 9
Gardiner, Les #11 16 R01-R08, R11-R16, SF, GF 0
Green, Fred #26 3 R03-R05 0
Gregg, Bill #24 1 R08 0
Harper, Bert #12 2 R01, R16 2
Hird, Allan #6 17 R01-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 0
Hutchison, Bill #7 17 R01-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 9
Lane, Gordon #22 15 R01-R02, R05-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 30
Langley, Gil #18 4 R14-R15, SF, GF 1
Leehane, Ted #14 2 R01-R02 6
Plummer, Elton #8 17 R01-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 0
Powell, Ray #17 8 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08, R10, R13 8
Rawle, Keith #2 16 R01-R08, R10-R13, R15-R16, SF, GF 17
Reynolds, Dick #3 17 R01-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 31
Reynolds, Tom #29 7 R03-R05, R12, R16, SF, GF 18
Ruddell, Cec #21 15 R01-R08, R10-R14, SF, GF 0
Silk, Sid #28 3 R03, R07, R15 0
Smith, Noel #24 7 R06-R07, R11-R15 0
Torney, Hugh #20 17 R01-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF 14

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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 17 11 -0- 6 R01-R08, R10-R16, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1943 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 25 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
15/05/1943 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 31 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
22/05/1943 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 13 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
29/05/1943 Round 4 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 13 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
05/06/1943 Round 5 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 8 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
12/06/1943 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
19/06/1943 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 41 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
26/06/1943 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 41 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
Round 9 BYE
10/07/1943 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
17/07/1943 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
31/07/1943 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
07/08/1943 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 34 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
14/08/1943 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 3 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
21/08/1943 Round 15 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 13 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
28/08/1943 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 27 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
11/09/1943 Semi Final Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 23 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
25/09/1943 Grand Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds