1938 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1938 between Collingwood and Essendon during round two of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Harry Collier captained the hosts with Albert Collier as vice-captain. Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Collingwood (18.19.127) defeated Essendon (9.20.74).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 18.19.127 - 9.20.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 5 9 . 10 14 . 15 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Essendon 0 . 1 1 . 11 5 . 15 9 . 20 9 . 20 (74)
Margin COLL by 22 COLL by 47 COLL by 54 COLL by 53 COLL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Booth, Frank ? ? 1 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Doherty, Vin ? ? 2 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
26 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 4 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Riley, Lou ? ? 0 ?
20 Shields, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
25 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 7 ?
23 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 19

Essendon

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

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