1937 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1937 between Essendon and Geelong during round three of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Len Webster as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (18.13.121) defeated Geelong (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 18.13.121 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 8 . 9 11 . 9 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Geelong 6 . 10 7 . 11 13 . 15 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin GEEL by 33 ESSE by 4 GEEL by 18 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 4 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 3 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 3 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
8 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 3 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 3 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 2 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 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