1940 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1940 between Essendon and Melbourne during round one of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (18.17.125) defeated Melbourne (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 April 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 18.17.125 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 7 8 . 10 14 . 14 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Melbourne 3 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Boundary Umpires

K. Creighton

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Begley, Les ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 6 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 1 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 3 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 12

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