1939 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1939 between Essendon and Footscray during round twelve of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. In the absence of Roy Evans, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Essendon (17.20.122) were defeated by Footscray (18.15.123).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 17.20.122 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 0 9 . 3 12 . 10 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Footscray 3 . 2 8 . 7 14 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 2 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
27 Foley, Ashley ? ? 0 ?
31 Goldin, Godfrey ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 20

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
27 Flint, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 2 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
35 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
35 Merton, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
34 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 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