1940 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1940 between Geelong and Essendon during round seven of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Les Laver and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (9.13.67) were defeated by Essendon (10.22.82).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 9.13.67 - 10.22.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 5 . 8 7 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Essendon 2 . 7 3 . 11 5 . 19 10 . 22 10 . 22 (82)
Margin ESSE by 11 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 3 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Les Laver (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 1 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 4 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Muller, Nick ? ? 0 ?
19 Sceney, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 1 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
23 Smith, Max ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 22

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