1944 VFL Season Round 6: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1944 between St Kilda and Essendon during round six of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Clarrie Vontom captained the hosts. Elton Plummer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Hughie Thomas and the visitors were coached by Elton Plummer.

St Kilda (9.17.71) drew with Essendon (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda drew with Essendon
Score: 9.17.71 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 3 9 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 10 7 . 14 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin STKL by 12 STKL by 21 STKL by 6 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Essendon

Captain: Elton Plummer
Coach: Elton Plummer (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Perry

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 4 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
22 Gracie, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Kerley, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Lamborn, Chris ? ? 0 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 2 ?
27 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
21 Dimble, Murray ? ? 1 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Kennedy, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Randall, Alan ? ? 0 ?
36 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 3 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 17

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