1944 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1944 between Melbourne and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Essendon (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.12.78 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 9 6 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Essendon 3 . 7 6 . 7 13 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Bennett, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 2 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Lewis, Warren ? ? 2 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
38 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
39 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Cockburn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Henry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 4 ?
32 Shaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 14

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