1943 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1943 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round three of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Bill Findlay captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bill Findlay.

Essendon (11.12.78) defeated North Melbourne (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 11.12.78 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 3 . 7 6 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
North Melbourne 0 . 0 4 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin ESSE by 23 NMLB by 3 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

North Melbourne

Captain: Bill Findlay
Coach: Bill Findlay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
11 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
28 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 12

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Boldiston, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 1 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
2 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
18 Hacker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
23 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Alby ? ? 0 ?
24 Willis, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 11

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