1942 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1942 between Essendon and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

Essendon (15.12.102) defeated Footscray (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 August 1942
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 15.12.102 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 9 . 4 10 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Footscray 4 . 1 5 . 4 7 . 8 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Norm Ware

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Cahill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Gibby, Jack ? ? 2 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
21 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 3 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
20 Shearer, Wally ? ? 1 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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