1940 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1940 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round four of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Hugh Torney captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (12.15.87) defeated Essendon (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 12.15.87 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 4 6 . 9 10 . 15 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 5 8 . 9 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin FITZ by 20 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Essendon

Captain: Hugh Torney
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
4 Fox, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 2 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 3 ?
16 Tagell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 3 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Challenger, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bill ? ? 2 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 1 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 16

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