1941 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1941 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (15.16.106) were defeated by Essendon (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 15.16.106 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 5 5 . 8 10 . 10 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Essendon 5 . 3 10 . 4 14 . 9 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
11 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 4 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 1 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 4 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 4 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 2 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Keddie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
2 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Thomas, Ritchie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

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