1939 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1939 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round eight of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Essendon (9.16.70) were defeated by South Melbourne (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Monday 12 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by South Melbourne
Score: 9.16.70 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 9 5 . 14 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
South Melbourne 5 . 1 6 . 5 10 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin SMLB by 16 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 26 SMLB by 21 SMLB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds (caretaker)

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

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 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 2 ?
18 Paterson, Peter ? ? 1 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 1 ?
30 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 4 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 6 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

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