1944 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1944 between Geelong and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Jack Butcher captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Arklay and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (10.12.72) were defeated by Essendon (13.19.97).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 8,250

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 10.12.72 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 8 7 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Essendon 5 . 4 10 . 10 11 . 17 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Margin GEEL by 16 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Altmann, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 1 ?
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 2 ?
27 McHenry, Bob ? ? 1 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Hill, Russell ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
2 Randall, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
32 Shaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 1 ?
18 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 19

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