1938 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1938 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eleven of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Melbourne (11.13.79) were defeated by Essendon (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 July 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,054

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 4 . 1 5 . 1 9 . 2 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin ESSE by 5 MELB by 5 MELB by 13 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 3 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 2 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 3 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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