1938 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1938 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Keith Forbes captained the hosts. Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith Forbes and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

North Melbourne (14.17.101) were defeated by Essendon (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 14.17.101 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 11 10 . 17 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Essendon 6 . 4 12 . 6 16 . 7 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Jurss

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
16 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 2 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 1 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
3 Mitchell, Col ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 6 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Buckley, Paul ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 1 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 5 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 5 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 11

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