1941 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1941 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round two of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Essendon (22.13.145) defeated North Melbourne (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 22.13.145 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 4 . 5 11 . 7 22 . 13 22 . 13 (145)
North Melbourne 6 . 4 10 . 7 15 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin NMLB by 32 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 28 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Boundary Umpires

T. Doolan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 3 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Forsyth, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 3 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 7 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 22 13

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 1 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 2 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 8 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 1 ?
24 Willis, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 Wynd, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 12

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