1941 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1941 between Essendon and Geelong during round nine of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. Tom Arklay captained the visitors with Joe Sellwood as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Len Metherell.

Essendon (18.12.120) defeated Geelong (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 18.12.120 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 5 . 8 13 . 10 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 4 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Tom Arklay
Vice-Captain: Joe Sellwood
Coach: Len Metherell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 5 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 7 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
11 Regan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 12

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Bartlett, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 5 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Jerram, Doug ? ? 0 ?
34 Kearney, Dan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Nicolson, Max ? ? 0 ?
30 Palmer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Taylor, Percy ? ? 1 ?
18 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

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