1945 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1945 between Essendon and Geelong during round seven of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors with Lindsay White as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jack Williams.

Essendon (14.28.112) defeated Geelong (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 2 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 14.28.112 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 7 6 . 15 8 . 22 14 . 28 14 . 28 (112)
Geelong 1 . 3 2 . 7 6 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 34 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Vice-Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Jack Williams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Annesley, Bob ? ? 1 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 6 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 1 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Finn, Joe ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 ?
20 Hovey, Ced ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 2 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 1 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Tompkins, Neil ? ? 0 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 1 ?
7 White, Lindsay (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 10

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