1937 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1937 between Essendon and Collingwood during round eight of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. In the absence of Harry Collier, Fred Froude captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Essendon (13.11.89) were defeated by Collingwood (19.14.128).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 12 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Collingwood
Score: 13.11.89 - 19.14.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Collingwood 5 . 2 10 . 8 16 . 12 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Margin COLL by 6 COLL by 32 COLL by 47 COLL by 39 COLL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster (acting)
Coach: Jack Baggott

Collingwood

Captain: Fred Froude (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Carter, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 4 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 1 ?
12 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
13 Froude, Fred (ac) ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 4 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Riley, Lou ? ? 2 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Ryan, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 3 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 14

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