1937 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1937 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Laurie Nash captained the hosts. In the absence of Keith Forbes, vice-captain Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Roy Cazaly and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

South Melbourne (10.16.76) defeated Essendon (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 10.16.76 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 7 4 . 11 6 . 12 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Essendon 3 . 0 4 . 1 8 . 2 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin SMLB by 7 SMLB by 10 ESSE by 2 SMLB by 3 SMLB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Laurie Nash
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster (acting)
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Allen, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Brain, Terry ? ? 1 ?
21 Bryce, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 1 ?
7 Ilott, Percy ? ? 1 ?
32 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
8 Leask, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
9 McInnes, Russell ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
1 Nash, Laurie (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 2 ?
23 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 3 ?
27 Coates, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 2 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
15 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Munro, Doug ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
32 Webster, Len (ac) ? ? 0 ?
15 Welch, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 7

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