1941 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1941 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Essendon (9.24.78) defeated Fitzroy (4.12.36).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.24.78 - 4.12.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 17 9 . 24 9 . 24 (78)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 1 . 6 3 . 7 4 . 12 4 . 12 (36)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Port

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 24

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 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