1943 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1943 between Essendon and Footscray during round five of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Essendon (16.10.106) were defeated by Footscray (16.18.114).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 June 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 16.10.106 - 16.18.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 9 . 4 12 . 6 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Footscray 2 . 3 9 . 5 12 . 10 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Margin ESSE by 11 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Drummond, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
18 Farrell, Jimmy ? ? 4 ?
11 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 3 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Chisholm, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 7 ?
19 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
34 Dudley, Merv ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
21 Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
11 McMahon, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 O'Neill, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
18 Palmer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 18

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