1938 VFL Season Round 16: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1938 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Roy Cazaly and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

South Melbourne (13.13.91) defeated Essendon (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 13.13.91 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Essendon 4 . 2 6 . 7 8 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin ESSE by 10 level SMLB by 12 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Glasson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 1 ?
30 Farrelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 1 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 2 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 1 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 5 ?
23 Purvis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 Sinclair, Frank ? ? 1 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 1 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 2 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 3 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 14

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