1940 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1940 between Essendon and Collingwood during round seventeen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Jack Regan captained the visitors with Phonse Kyne as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Essendon (12.20.92) defeated Collingwood (6.16.52).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 24 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 12.20.92 - 6.16.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 2 5 . 7 10 . 13 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Collingwood 1 . 7 3 . 8 3 . 13 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Margin COLL by 11 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Collingwood

Captain: Jack Regan
Vice-Captain: Phonse Kyne
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Campbell, Colin ? ? 0 ?
3 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 2 ?
5 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
9 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Kyne, Phonse (vc) ? ? 0 ?
25 Mears, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Pannam, Alby ? ? 0 ?
21 Pimm, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Powell, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Regan, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 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