1944 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1944 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Essendon (17.24.126) defeated South Melbourne (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 September 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 17.24.126 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 7 12 . 10 15 . 18 17 . 24 17 . 24 (126)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 79 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Blumfield, Max ? ? 0 ?
Bourke, Pat ? ? 0 ?
26 Crane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 De Medici, Joe ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Duncan, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Engellenner, Dave ? ? 1 ?
19 Grace, Pat ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Mangan, Lou ? ? 1 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 McKnight, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 8

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