1944 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1944 between Essendon and Melbourne during round two of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Elton Plummer captained the hosts. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Elton Plummer and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

Essendon (17.18.120) defeated Melbourne (16.4.100).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 17.18.120 - 16.4.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 8 . 4 13 . 11 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Melbourne 4 . 0 10 . 4 13 . 4 16 . 4 16 . 4 (100)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 12 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Elton Plummer
Coach: Elton Plummer (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Boundary Umpires

L. Friee

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
21 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
28 Drummond, Bob ? ? 4 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 4 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
8 Plummer, Elton (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 1 ?
18 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 7 ?
27 Galbraith, Col ? ? 0 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 2 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
39 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
1 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
37 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 3 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 4

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