1944 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1944 between Essendon and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Bob Atkinson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (6.9.45) were defeated by Carlton (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 12 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 6.9.45 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 0 2 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Carlton 1 . 9 4 . 12 10 . 16 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin CARL by 15 CARL by 21 CARL by 46 CARL by 59 CARL by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Bob Atkinson
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
27 Cockburn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 9

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Atkinson, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 4 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Lucas, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 3 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 1 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
20 Tudor, Graham ? ? 0 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 20

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