1937 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1937 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Laurie Nash captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Essendon (16.12.108) defeated South Melbourne (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.12.108 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 5 9 . 7 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
South Melbourne 3 . 1 7 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin SMLB by 11 SMLB by 23 SMLB by 12 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster (acting)
Coach: Jack Baggott

South Melbourne

Captain: Laurie Nash
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. McDermott

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Coates, Wally ? ? 2 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 4 ?
13 Hubbert, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 2 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len (ac) ? ? 0 ?
15 Welch, Dick ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 12

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Allen, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Brain, Terry ? ? 0 ?
21 Bryce, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
4 Hedge, Alf ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Ilott, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
1 Nash, Laurie (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Robertson, Austin ? ? 3 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 10

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