1942 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1942 between Footscray and Essendon during round two of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Yarraville Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Ware and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (12.16.88) were defeated by Essendon (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 May 1942
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Yarraville Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 12.16.88 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 5 . 7 9 . 8 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 8 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Norm Ware

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 4 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
20 Shearer, Wally ? ? 1 ?
26 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 16

Essendon

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

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