1944 VFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1944 between Carlton and Essendon during round four of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Bob Atkinson captained the hosts. Elton Plummer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Elton Plummer.

Carlton (13.17.95) defeated Essendon (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 13.17.95 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 4 7 . 9 7 . 14 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Essendon 5 . 4 10 . 5 13 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin ESSE by 18 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 30 CARL by 2 CARL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bob Atkinson
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Elton Plummer
Coach: Elton Plummer (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Atkinson, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 1 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 3 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 0 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 7 ?
20 Tudor, Graham ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 2 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
21 Dimble, Murray ? ? 1 ?
28 Drummond, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 3 ?
12 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
36 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 3 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Vinall, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 9

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