1940 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1940 between Footscray and Essendon during round two of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (17.9.111) defeated Essendon (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 17.9.111 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 2 7 . 3 13 . 8 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Essendon 1 . 1 5 . 5 7 . 6 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin FOOT by 31 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 May, Jim ? ? 2 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 5 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 4 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 4 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
23 Smith, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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