1938 VFL Round 7: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1938 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 7 of the 1938 VFL season. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Bert Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Ivan McAlpine.

Essendon
L. Webster (capt.), N. Baker, L. Begley, T. Bryce, J. Caesar, B. Cahill, M. Exelby, F. Kelly, H. Lippiatt, B. Luff, L. Maynes, E. Plummer, D. Reynolds, T. Reynolds, T. Rippon, B. Standfield, H. Torney, R. Watts, S. Wilson

Hawthorn
Back: H. Albiston, B. Mills (capt.), B. Pavey
Half-back: F. Samblebe, G. Dower, G. Waters
Centre: N. Allison, S. Spinks, V. Randall
Half-forward: B. Williams, B. Deague, K. Feltscheer
Forward: A. Hurley, G. Carter, T. Byrne
Follower: J. Barker, A. Naismith, T. Pool
Sub.: D. Abikhair

Essendon (16.20.116) defeated Hawthorn (16.7.103).

Goalkickers
Essendon: L. Begley (3), D. Reynolds (3), T. Reynolds (3), R. Watts (3), T. Bryce, J. Caesar, M. Exelby, L. Webster
Hawthorn: A. Naismith (5), T. Byrne (3), A. Hurley (2), B. Williams (2), J. Barker, K. Feltscheer, T. Pool, S. Spinks

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Hawthorn remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 4 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 16.20.116 - 16.7.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 13 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Hawthorn 4 . 3 9 . 4 13 . 5 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin ESSE by 7 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 4 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Baggott (Essendon), Ivan McAlpine (Hawthorn)
Captains: Len Webster (Essendon), Bert Mills (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 3 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 3 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 20

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Abikhair, Dick SUB ? 0 ?
35 Albiston, Harold BPL ? 0 ?
9 Allison, Neil WL ? 0 ?
6 Barker, Jack RU ? 1 ?
2 Byrne, Tom FPR ? 3 ?
26 Carter, George FF ? 0 ?
17 Deague, Bill CHF ? 0 ?
25 Dower, George CHB ? 0 ?
18 Feltscheer, Ken HFFR ? 1 ?
22 Hurley, Alf FPL ? 2 ?
12 Mills, Bert (c) FB ? 0 ?
1 Naismith, Alby RU ? 5 ?
20 Pavey, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 1 ?
7 Randall, Viv WR ? 0 ?
24 Samblebe, Frank HBFL ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan C ? 1 ?
28 Waters, Gordon HBFR ? 0 ?
31 Williams, Bob HFFL ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 7

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Jack Baggott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 H. Albiston 12 B. Mills (c) 20 B. Pavey













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



24 F. Samblebe 25 G. Dower 28 G. Waters













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 N. Allison 8 S. Spinks 7 V. Randall









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 6 J. Barker 27 D. Abikhair
HALF-FORWARD 1 A. Naismith

31 B. Williams 17 B. Deague 18 K. Feltscheer 19 T. Pool











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 A. Hurley 26 G. Carter 2 T. Byrne













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Ivan McAlpine