1942 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1942 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round eleven of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Essendon (10.15.75) defeated South Melbourne (8.7.55).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 July 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.15.75 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 5 . 8 7 . 12 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 3 . 5 5 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
10 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Castles, Vic ? ? 3 ?
6 Chinn, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Golding, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Martin, Des ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
2 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
16 Tetley, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 7

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