1945 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1945 between Essendon and St Kilda during round fifteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Clarrie Vontom captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

Essendon (18.15.123) defeated St Kilda (3.6.24).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 18.15.123 - 3.6.24

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 5 . 8 12 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
St Kilda 2 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 3 3 . 6 3 . 6 (24)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 99 ESSE by 99
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 3 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
27 Buttsworth, Fred ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Dimble, Murray ? ? 7 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 2 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Driver, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Gray, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Harbour, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Kallady, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
24 Keating, Joe ? ? 0 ?
27 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
34 Williams, Ron ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 3 6

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