1940 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1940 between Essendon and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Allan Everett.

Essendon (16.16.112) defeated Geelong (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 31 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 16.16.112 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 7 11 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Geelong 2 . 1 4 . 5 4 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Everett (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 2 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 5 ?
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 ?
18 Hunter, Jack ? ? 4 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
23 Smith, Max ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
16 Muller, Nick ? ? 0 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

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