1944 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1944 between Essendon and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

Essendon (28.21.189) defeated St Kilda (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 26 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 28.21.189 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 10 . 6 13 . 10 22 . 14 28 . 21 28 . 21 (189)
St Kilda 2 . 2 8 . 7 9 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin ESSE by 52 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 83 ESSE by 106 ESSE by 106
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 3 ?
9 Collicoat, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 5 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
33 McIvor, Ivor ? ? 2 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
2 Randall, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
32 Shaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 6 ?
18 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 28 21

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Bermingham, Brem ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 2 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Connelly, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Fyffe, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
5 Hall, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Loxton, Sam ? ? 5 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 2 ?
Morcom, Peter ? ? 1 ?
35 Orger, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 1 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
37 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 11

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