1940 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1940 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

South Melbourne (9.6.60) defeated Essendon (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 9.6.60 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 4 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Essendon 5 . 2 5 . 5 6 . 13 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 2 SMLB by 3 SMLB by 2 SMLB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Brown, Stan ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 2 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 2 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 2 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
23 Smith, Max ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 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