1938 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1938 between Essendon and Carlton during round three of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Brighton Diggins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Essendon (14.17.101) were defeated by Carlton (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 7 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 14.17.101 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 7 8 . 12 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Carlton 3 . 3 7 . 11 13 . 12 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 22 CARL by 30 CARL by 1 CARL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 2 ?
18 Buckley, Paul ? ? 0 ?
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 2 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 4 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
30 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 5 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 1 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 3 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 2 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 2 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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