1945 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1945 between Essendon and Carlton during round three of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Bob Chitty captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (22.18.150) defeated Carlton (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 5 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 22.18.150 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 10 . 8 14 . 14 22 . 18 22 . 18 (150)
Carlton 4 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 100 ESSE by 100
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Bob Chitty
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Annesley, Bob ? ? 2 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 3 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 2 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 4 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
29 Thomas, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 22 18

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Boys, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
19 Hearn, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopper, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Jones, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Mann, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 2 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 1 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Wines, Clinton ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 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