1944 VFL Season Round 7: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1944 between Collingwood and Essendon during round seven of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Pat Fricker captained the hosts with, in the absence of Alan Williams, deputy vice-captain Jack Murphy as vice-captain. Elton Plummer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Elton Plummer.

Collingwood (12.21.93) defeated Essendon (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 12.21.93 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 10 6 . 14 11 . 20 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Essendon 0 . 0 1 . 6 6 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin COLL by 34 COLL by 38 COLL by 43 COLL by 29 COLL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Pat Fricker
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Essendon

Captain: Elton Plummer
Coach: Elton Plummer (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 3 ?
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalton, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Fricker, Pat (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Galbally, Bob ? ? 1 ?
6 Herbert, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Mears, Harry ? ? 5 ?
12 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
29 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 1 ?
11 Robbins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
31 Synon, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Wade, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 21

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
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 ? ? 0 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 2 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
4 Kennedy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 1 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 10

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