1942 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1942 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Bill Findlay captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Findlay and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

North Melbourne (5.8.38) were defeated by Essendon (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 August 1942
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 4,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 5.8.38 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 1 2 . 4 3 . 5 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 7 6 . 10 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bill Findlay (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Port
E: F. Spokes

Umpire Replacements

F. Spokes replaced L. Port.

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 1 ?
35 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
33 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Hamilton, Arch ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hurley, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Montgomery, Allan ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 2 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
23 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
34 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Stewart, Alec ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
14 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 16

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