1944 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1944 between Essendon and Footscray during round ten of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Essendon (14.16.100) defeated Footscray (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 14.16.100 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 13 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Footscray 3 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin FOOT by 5 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Cockburn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 3 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Vinall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Benison, Alf ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 1 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
21 Esse, Herb ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 2 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

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