1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 2: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1943 between Essendon and Fitzroy during the second qualifying round of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Essendon (11.24.90) defeated Fitzroy (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 August 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.24.90 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 7 8 . 15 11 . 24 11 . 24 (90)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 5 . 7 7 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin level level ESSE by 13 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Cockburn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 2 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 24

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
2 Doherty, Vin ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
3 Fyffe, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
24 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 0 ?
19 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 2 ?
22 Hearn, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Horan, Monty ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 McHenry, Bob ? ? 2 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 2 ?
30 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
11 Winberg, Harold ? ? 0 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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