1939 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1939 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. In the absence of Keith Forbes, vice-captain Ted Ellis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Ted Cusack.

Essendon (14.17.101) defeated North Melbourne (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.17.101 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 7 . 11 10 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
North Melbourne 4 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin NMLB by 8 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds (caretaker)

North Melbourne

Captain: Ted Ellis (acting)
Coach: Ted Cusack (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 1 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
27 Foley, Ashley ? ? 0 ?
31 Goldin, Godfrey ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted (ac) ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeffrey, Neil ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 1 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 1 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 1 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 7

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