1937 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1937 between Essendon and Melbourne during round two of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts with Keith Forbes as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (13.7.85) were defeated by Melbourne (25.20.170).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.7.85 - 25.20.170

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 1 7 . 4 8 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Melbourne 6 . 10 11 . 12 21 . 18 25 . 20 25 . 20 (170)
Margin MELB by 45 MELB by 32 MELB by 91 MELB by 85 MELB by 85
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster (acting)
Vice-Captain: Keith Forbes (acting)
Coach: Jack Baggott

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Johnny Lewis
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Jurss

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 5 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (avc) ? ? 3 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 3 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 1 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 1 ?
12 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
7 McGorlick, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 4 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 5 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 25 20

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s