1941 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1941 between Essendon and Footscray during round eleven of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. In the absence of Dick Reynolds, Les Griggs captained the hosts with, in the absence of Hugh Torney, Wally Buttsworth as vice-captain. Norm Ware captained the visitors with Harry Hickey as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Les Griggs and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

Essendon (15.14.104) defeated Footscray (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 July 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 15.14.104 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 8 8 . 12 12 . 14 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Footscray 1 . 2 2 . 7 6 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin ESSE by 36 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Les Griggs (acting)
Vice-Captain: Wally Buttsworth (acting)
Coach: Les Griggs (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Vice-Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Norm Ware

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 3 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally (avc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les (ac) ? ? 5 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 1 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Molloy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 6 ?
2 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 De Medici, Joe ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (vc) ? ? 1 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Malbon, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Malone, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 2 ?
28 O'Halloran, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 2 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
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