1940 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1940 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twelve of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (17.20.122) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,640

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 17.20.122 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 10 10 . 15 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Essendon 3 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 23 MELB by 30 MELB by 68 MELB by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 1 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 4 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 20

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 ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 12

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