1938 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1938 between Essendon and Footscray during round ten of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Roy Evans captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Essendon (14.16.100) were defeated by Footscray (17.9.111).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 14.16.100 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Footscray 3 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 7 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin ESSE by 8 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Footscray

Captain: Roy Evans
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 4 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 5 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
32 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 1 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
30 Zimmerman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 9

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