1943 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1943 between Essendon and Melbourne during round ten of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

Essendon (9.16.70) were defeated by Melbourne (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 July 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.16.70 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 4 . 3 7 . 10 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Melbourne 5 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 14 MELB by 9 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Drummond, Bob ? ? 1 ?
30 Edwards, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 5 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Bradley, Colin ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
27 Deayton, Frank ? ? 1 ?
23 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 3 ?
8 Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
29 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 7

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