1943 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1943 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eleven of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (7.14.56) were defeated by Essendon (9.24.78).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 July 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 7.14.56 - 9.24.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 3 4 . 7 5 . 8 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Essendon 3 . 6 5 . 10 9 . 20 9 . 24 9 . 24 (78)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 1 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
19 Grant, Jack ? ? 2 ?
28 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 1 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
25 Tomkins, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Winberg, Harold ? ? 0 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Drummond, Bob ? ? 1 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 1 ?
11 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 24

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