1941 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 1941 between Melbourne and Essendon in the grand final of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (19.13.127) defeated Essendon (13.20.98).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 September 1941
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 79,687

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 19.13.127 - 13.20.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 6 11 . 9 14 . 11 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 6 6 . 12 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Margin MELB by 35 MELB by 57 MELB by 47 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Vice-Captain: Hugh Torney
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Goal Umpires

R. Treloar
W. Wetenhall

Boundary Umpires

N. Batty
J. Lancaster

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 1 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 6 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 1 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
1 Heal, Stan ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Lewis, Warren ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
11 Regan, Ted ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 20

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