1939 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1939 between Geelong and Essendon during round four of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Geelong (19.15.129) defeated Essendon (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 19.15.129 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 4 10 . 4 14 . 7 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Essendon 2 . 5 4 . 10 7 . 14 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin GEEL by 23 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 6 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Gross, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 5 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 4 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Tucker, Joe ? ? 2 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Paterson, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
30 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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