1942 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1942 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round five of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Bill Findlay captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Essendon (15.19.109) defeated North Melbourne (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 June 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 15.19.109 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 9 10 . 15 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
North Melbourne 3 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 12 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
30 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Long, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
25 McTaggart, Ian ? ? 0 ?
22 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 4 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
21 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
33 Reid, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Slater, Syd ? ? 2 ?
34 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Willis, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 15

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