1938 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1938 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round five of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Len Thomas captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Essendon (15.15.105) defeated South Melbourne (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.15.105 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
South Melbourne 2 . 2 7 . 10 8 . 16 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

South Melbourne

Captain: Len Thomas
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 6 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 4 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 15

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Fletcher, Norm ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 1 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 1 ?
5 Hedge, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Howard, Don ? ? 1 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 2 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 1 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len (c) ? ? 2 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 19

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