1938 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1938 between Essendon and St Kilda during round one of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Ansell Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

Essendon (17.17.119) defeated St Kilda (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 23 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 17.17.119 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 8 . 11 10 . 14 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
St Kilda 3 . 5 4 . 8 10 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

St Kilda

Captain: Ansell Clarke
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 4 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 6 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
30 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 17

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Clarke, Ansell (c) ? ? 4 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Fisher, Ron ? ? 1 ?
25 Flett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Hender, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Mackie, Ken ? ? 2 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 2 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 13

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