1940 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1940 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round three of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Hugh Torney captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Essendon (12.14.86) defeated South Melbourne (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 8 9 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin ESSE by 12 SMLB by 4 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Hugh Torney
Coach: Dick Reynolds

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Thomas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 2 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 3 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
32 Green, Bill ? ? 3 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
2 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 14

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 6 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 1 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 1 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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