1939 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1939 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Roy Evans captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Footscray (14.18.102) were defeated by Essendon (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 14.18.102 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 9 9 . 10 10 . 16 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Essendon 3 . 1 5 . 13 10 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin FOOT by 32 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 2 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 4 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 1 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 2 ?
13 Wilson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Begley, Les ? ? 1 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 6 ?
16 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 17

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