1942 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1942 between Essendon and South Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon "hosted" South Melbourne at Princes Park. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Essendon (19.10.124) defeated South Melbourne (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 September 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.10.124 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 8 . 6 15 . 9 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
South Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 5 10 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin SMLB by 11 SMLB by 5 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
14 Leehane, Ted ? ? 4 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
28 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 10

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Castles, Vic ? ? 2 ?
6 Chinn, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Taylor, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 1 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 9 ?
25 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

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