1944 VFL Season Round 11: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1944 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round eleven of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Jack Graham captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

South Melbourne (7.15.57) were defeated by Essendon (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 7.15.57 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 7 4 . 11 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Essendon 2 . 4 6 . 11 8 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brown, Stan ? ? 1 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 2 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Crane, Tom ? ? 1 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 0 ?
18 Frost, Lou ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 1 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 1 ?
31 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 1 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
5 Henry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 1 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 16

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