1945 VFL Season Round 10: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1945 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round ten of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

South Melbourne (12.15.87) defeated Essendon (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 12.15.87 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Essendon 2 . 1 3 . 5 4 . 9 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin SMLB by 7 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 25 SMLB by 46 SMLB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 McKnight, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
26 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
21 Tippett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 2 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 5 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Drummond, Bob ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Paterson, Peter ? ? 1 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 11

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