1945 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1945 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round nine of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Essendon (12.20.92) were defeated by North Melbourne (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 12.20.92 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 16 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
North Melbourne 3 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 4 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
27 Buttsworth, Fred ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Drummond, Bob ? ? 4 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 20

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
2 Arthur, Harold ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 2 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 2 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 3 ?
33 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 2 ?
36 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 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