1941 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 1941 between Carlton and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at the MCG. Jim Francis captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (9.14.68) were defeated by Essendon (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 September 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 65,106

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 9.14.68 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 2 . 6 4 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Essendon 2 . 6 6 . 8 12 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
27 Mann, Cyril ? ? 2 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 2 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 14

Essendon

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