1944 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1944 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Elton Plummer captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Elton Plummer and the visitors were coached by Tom Arklay.

Essendon (17.14.116) defeated Geelong (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 3 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 17.14.116 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 11 . 10 14 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 9 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Elton Plummer
Coach: Elton Plummer (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
21 Dimble, Murray ? ? 2 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 1 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 1 ?
12 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
8 Plummer, Elton (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 2 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 3 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Atkin, Max ? ? 0 ?
26 Barrett, Gerard ? ? 0 ?
8 Brown, Doug ? ? 0 ?
29 Burns, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
31 Mathieson, Alec ? ? 1 ?
2 McWilliams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 3 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 14

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