1938 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1938 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Len Webster captained the hosts. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Essendon (15.17.107) defeated Fitzroy (15.6.96).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 20 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.17.107 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 11 . 6 13 . 6 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Fitzroy 5 . 2 9 . 5 13 . 6 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin FITZ by 5 ESSE by 13 level ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Paterson, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 6 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 17

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bunworth, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Calverley, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Dennis, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 10 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
8 Jacobs, Harry ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
12 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
24 Toohey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 6

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