1945 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1945 between Essendon and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (7.12.54) were defeated by Melbourne (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.12.54 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 3 . 1 4 . 5 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Melbourne 3 . 6 5 . 10 8 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 21 MELB by 31 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 1 ?
33 Clark, Milton ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
28 Drummond, Bob ? ? 2 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Paterson, Peter ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 3 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 1 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Wilson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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