1946 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1946 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (15.10.100) defeated Essendon (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 April 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 15.10.100 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 7 . 7 8 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin ESSE by 15 FOOT by 7 ESSE by 22 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat RU ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan C ? 2 ?
19 Evenden, Reg FB ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron FPL ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat HBFL ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry HFFR ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len CHB ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George WR ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim WL ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan HFFL ? 1 ?
15 Morrison, Alby SUB↑ ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) RU ? 3 ?
11 Rees, Evan HBFR ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe RO ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie FPR ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim SUB ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom BPL ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm CHF ? 3 ?
11 Weldon, Joe BPR↓ ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill FF ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 10

A. Morrison replaced J. Weldon.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon FPR ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill FF↓ ? 5 ?
35 Bushby, Percy RU ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally CHB ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack RU ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les HBFL ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George SUB↑ ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill WL ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
27 Jory, Ron BPR ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris WR ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon HFFL ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
4 Matheson, Allan FPL ? 2 ?
31 McIvor, Ivor CHF ? 1 ?
20 Pearson, Bill C ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith RO↓ ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) HFFR ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec FB ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie SUB↑ ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 14

G. Hassell replaced B. Brittingham.
H. Tonkes replaced K. Rawle during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Arthur Olliver
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
26 J. Lyons 21 C. Ruddell 27 R. Jory 8 P. Cahill 15 A. Morrison
6 C. Sutton 28 B. Wood 5 R. Grove 3 A. Olliver (c) 1 J. Thoms
FORWARD 10 J. Ryan

HALF-BACK



18 L. Gardiner 15 W. Buttsworth 24 J. Jones



7 H. Hickey 4 N. Ware 29 A. Moncrieff



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 B. Hutchison 20 B. Pearson 14 C. Lambert



21 G. McLaren 2 A. Collins 14 J. Miller FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 35 P. Bushby 6 G. Hassell
HALF-FORWARD 19 J. Cassin 1 H. Tonkes
22 G. Lane 31 I. McIvor 3 D. Reynolds (c) 2 K. Rawle

11 E. Rees 27 L. McCankie 9 P. Hand



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 A. Matheson 23 B. Brittingham 25 G. Abbott



11 J. Weldon 19 R. Evenden 25 T. Tribe



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds