1945 VFL Season Round 4: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1945 between St Kilda and Essendon during round four of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Clarrie Vontom captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Hughie Thomas and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (14.17.101) were defeated by Essendon (23.18.156).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 14.17.101 - 23.18.156

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 0 4 . 10 6 . 11 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Essendon 6 . 5 8 . 7 17 . 17 23 . 18 23 . 18 (156)
Margin ESSE by 35 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 72 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
32 Burns, Les ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Comerford, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Jim ? ? 1 ?
16 Howe, Jack ? ? 3 ?
14 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
27 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Mummery, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 3 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Annesley, Bob ? ? 2 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 4 ?
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 ? ? 7 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 1 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 23 18

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