1937 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1937 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. In the absence of Keith Forbes, vice-captain Len Webster captained the hosts. Haydn Bunton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Essendon (17.17.119) defeated Fitzroy (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 17.17.119 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 6 8 . 8 12 . 11 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 5 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster (acting)
Coach: Jack Baggott

Fitzroy

Captain: Haydn Bunton
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Glasson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 6 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 2 ?
15 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 2 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
32 Webster, Len (ac) ? ? 1 ?
15 Welch, Dick ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 17

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Bunworth, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Carroll, Vic ? ? 1 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
8 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Len ? ? 3 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Trigg, Reg ? ? 1 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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