1941 VFL Season Round 6: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1941 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round six of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

South Melbourne (8.13.61) were defeated by Essendon (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.13.61 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 7 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 8 11 . 14 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baxter, Archie ? ? 0 ?
19 Broadley, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 3 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
32 Hall, Grahame ? ? 0 ?
14 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 Lucas, Bert ? ? 2 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Mulligan, Jack ? ? 3 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 18

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