1940 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1940 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Essendon (10.12.72) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 10 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin FITZ by 1 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
30 McIvor, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 5 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
24 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 1 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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