1946 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1946 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round two of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Jack Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

Essendon (10.11.71) defeated South Melbourne (8.5.53).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 April 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.11.71 - 8.5.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 7 . 7 7 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 5 8 . 5 (53)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Graham
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

H. Forsyth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 3 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Jory, Ron ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Matheson, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Barnes, Fred ? ? 2 ?
15 Baxter, Archie ? ? 0 ?
2 Bywater, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 2 ?
26 Duncan, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Holland, Len ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Mullenger, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
22 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Perrett, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
29 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
18 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 0 ?
21 Tippett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 5

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