1939 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1939 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round six of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Keith Forbes captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith Forbes and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

North Melbourne (15.11.101) defeated Essendon (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,500

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.11.101 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 7 10 . 8 12 . 10 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Essendon 1 . 0 6 . 3 9 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin NMLB by 31 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cummins

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 4 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 6 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
27 Foley, Ashley ? ? 1 ?
31 Goldin, Godfrey ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 10

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