1940 VFL Season Round 10: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1940 between St Kilda and Essendon during round ten of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ansell Clarke and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (14.18.102) were defeated by Essendon (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 14.18.102 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 8 8 . 12 12 . 12 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Essendon 4 . 4 5 . 5 8 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin ESSE by 8 STKL by 25 STKL by 25 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Cliff, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Cranage, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 2 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
34 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 5 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Maskell, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Terry ? ? 1 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 3 ?
23 Riordan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 3 ?
32 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 4 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 6 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

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