1941 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1941 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Essendon (12.23.95) defeated South Melbourne (7.4.46).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.23.95 - 7.4.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 5 . 10 7 . 18 12 . 23 12 . 23 (95)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 2 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 3 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
10 Thomas, Ritchie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 23

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 3 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
26 Deans, Billy ? ? 1 ?
Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 1 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Mulligan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
25 Palmer, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 4

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