1942 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1942 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twelve of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (14.20.104) defeated Essendon (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 July 1942
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.20.104 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 6 . 13 11 . 17 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 6 10 . 7 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin ESSE by 8 MELB by 1 MELB by 16 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Allen

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Bradley, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Deayton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 4 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
31 Gibbs, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Heal, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
13 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
25 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 3 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 20

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Dimble, Murray ? ? 1 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
14 Leehane, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
28 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 12

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