1945 VFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1945 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round twenty of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

North Melbourne (14.17.101) defeated Essendon (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 September 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.17.101 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 5 7 . 9 10 . 12 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 7 10 . 14 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin NMLB by 20 NMLB by 20 ESSE by 2 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 2 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 6 ?
33 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 4 ?
24 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 1 ?
31 Francis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

Essendon

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

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