1941 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1941 between Melbourne and Essendon during round ten of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (16.17.113) defeated Essendon (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 July 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,559

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 16.17.113 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 8 12 . 11 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Essendon 1 . 4 3 . 4 4 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 34 MELB by 52 MELB by 48 MELB by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
1 Heal, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 1 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
23 Molloy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
11 Regan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 11

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