1938 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1938 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Keith Forbes.

Essendon (13.9.87) were defeated by North Melbourne (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 13.9.87 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 9 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
North Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 5 12 . 7 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin NMLB by 11 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 17 NMLB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cummins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Begley, Les ? ? 2 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 1 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 5 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 9

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 1 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 2 ?
30 Hacker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 2 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 7 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 8

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