1938 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1938 between Essendon and Geelong during round eight of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (12.12.84) were defeated by Geelong (14.23.107).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 11 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 12.12.84 - 14.23.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Geelong 1 . 8 6 . 10 10 . 14 14 . 23 14 . 23 (107)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 2 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 2 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 5 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 12

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 1 ?
25 Collins, Jack ? ? 4 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 5 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
33 Taylor, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 23

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