1945 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1945 between Footscray and Essendon during round eight of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (12.15.87) defeated Essendon (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 12.15.87 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 6 . 8 8 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Essendon 1 . 6 1 . 10 4 . 13 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Broadway, Allan ? ? 0 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 2 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 2 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
12 Rawlings, Roy ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
32 Ryan, Ted ? ? 1 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
27 Buttsworth, Fred ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
4 Huggard, Jackie ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Paterson, Peter ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 14

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