1939 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1939 between Essendon and Melbourne during round two of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (19.21.135) were defeated by Melbourne (21.15.141).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 19.21.135 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 5 7 . 8 15 . 17 19 . 21 19 . 21 (135)
Melbourne 4 . 4 11 . 10 15 . 11 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Margin ESSE by 13 MELB by 26 ESSE by 6 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Jack Baggott

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Begley, Les ? ? 1 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 1 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 6 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 3 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
6 Giles, Ian ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 3 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 15

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