1940 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1940 between Essendon and Carlton during round eight of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Hugh Torney captained the hosts. Jim Francis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Essendon (12.14.86) defeated Carlton (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 15 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 12.14.86 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Carlton 3 . 3 6 . 6 7 . 11 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin ESSE by 4 CARL by 2 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Hugh Torney
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Cameron, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 1 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Mann, Cyril ? ? 2 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 3 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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