1942 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1942 between Essendon and Melbourne during round one of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

Essendon (25.14.164) defeated Melbourne (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 May 1942
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 25.14.164 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 3 12 . 7 18 . 11 25 . 14 25 . 14 (164)
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 7 11 . 8 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin ESSE by 23 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Boundary Umpires

G. Kent

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
27 Deayton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
8 Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 2 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Shearer, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 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