1945 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1945 between Essendon and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Essendon (15.17.107) defeated Footscray (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 15.17.107 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 7 . 7 9 . 11 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Footscray 1 . 4 2 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 3 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
27 Buttsworth, Fred ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 4 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
32 Ralph, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 2 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Mather, Vic ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
24 Taylor, Dan ? ? 2 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 3 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Witney, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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