1939 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1939 between Carlton and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Brighton Diggins captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (16.22.118) defeated Essendon (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 September 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 16.22.118 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 5 9 . 13 10 . 16 16 . 22 16 . 22 (118)
Essendon 3 . 5 3 . 6 8 . 11 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin level CARL by 43 CARL by 17 CARL by 56 CARL by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 9 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 2 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 1 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 1 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 22

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
34 Eastmure, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
27 Foley, Ashley ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 14

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