1945 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1945 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round thirteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Essendon (7.14.56) were defeated by Fitzroy (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 7.14.56 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 4 5 . 5 6 . 7 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Fitzroy 4 . 5 5 . 9 7 . 11 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FITZ by 25 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 4 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
33 Clark, Milton ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Paterson, Peter ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 Randall, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 14

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 1 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Dalwood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
33 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 0 ?
26 Hammond, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 3 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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