1944 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1944 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round eight of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Essendon (21.18.144) defeated North Melbourne (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 June 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 21.18.144 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 8 . 8 13 . 15 21 . 18 21 . 18 (144)
North Melbourne 1 . 6 3 . 7 7 . 11 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 84 ESSE by 84
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Collicoat, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Drummond, Bob ? ? 2 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
4 Kennedy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 5 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 2 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 18

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
27 Murray, Sel ? ? 2 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Patterson, Jim ? ? 3 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Watkins, Ken ? ? 0 ?
37 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 12

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