1942 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1942 between Essendon and Carlton during round three of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Jim Francis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (11.9.75) defeated Carlton (11.4.70).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 23 May 1942
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 11.9.75 - 11.4.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Carlton 3 . 1 3 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 4 11 . 4 (70)
Margin CARL by 4 ESSE by 3 CARL by 2 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 2 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
28 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 9

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Collins, Lance ? ? 1 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 2 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 1 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 4 ?
26 Sleith, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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