1945 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1945 between Essendon and Collingwood during round five of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Alby Pannam captained the visitors with Alan Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Essendon (12.16.88) defeated Collingwood (11.21.87).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 19 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 12.16.88 - 11.21.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Collingwood 5 . 2 6 . 11 8 . 14 11 . 21 11 . 21 (87)
Margin COLL by 14 ESSE by 3 COLL by 1 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Collingwood

Captain: Alby Pannam
Vice-Captain: Alan Williams
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Balfour, Don ? ? 2 ?
3 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
4 Brown, Allan ? ? 0 ?
10 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
12 Gallagher, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Holten, Mac ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Mears, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
1 Pannam, Alby (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 1 ?
25 Ryan, Phil ? ? 2 ?
27 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
30 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 21

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