1946 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1946 between Essendon and Melbourne during round three of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (21.15.141) defeated Melbourne (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 21.15.141 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 10 . 5 12 . 8 18 . 11 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Melbourne 2 . 1 6 . 7 7 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin ESSE by 52 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 67 ESSE by 56 ESSE by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 2 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 4 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
15 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 1 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
20 Wilson, Norm ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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