1939 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1939 between Essendon and Carlton during round seven of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Brighton Diggins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Essendon (10.12.72) were defeated by Carlton (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 3 June 1939
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 7 7 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Carlton 3 . 2 5 . 10 8 . 11 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin CARL by 4 CARL by 15 CARL by 8 CARL by 6 CARL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds (caretaker)

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 1 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
27 Foley, Ashley ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 2 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
30 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 4 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Fox, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 1 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 2 ?
25 Mann, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
15 McElroy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 1 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 18

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