1945 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1945 between Geelong and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Lindsay White captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Williams and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (14.7.91) were defeated by Essendon (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 8,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 14.7.91 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 7 . 1 10 . 5 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Essendon 8 . 4 11 . 9 14 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin ESSE by 33 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Jack Williams

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 2 ?
6 Grant, Jack ? ? 5 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hovey, Ced ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Jerram, Doug ? ? 1 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
29 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 1 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 2 ?
9 Park, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 1 ?
26 Tompkins, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 5 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
27 Buttsworth, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Ralph, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 13

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