1937 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1937 between Geelong and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors with Len Webster as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Geelong (13.22.100) defeated Essendon (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 13.22.100 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 7 7 . 12 12 . 17 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Essendon 0 . 0 5 . 4 6 . 5 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin GEEL by 31 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 2 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Foley, Ashley ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 3 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 4 ?
35 Mullane, Stan ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 22

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
31 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
15 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
34 Watts, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 12

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