1946 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1946 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (14.18.102) defeated Essendon (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 August 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 14.18.102 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 4 8 . 10 12 . 14 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 8 3 . 13 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin FITZ by 31 FITZ by 38 FITZ by 55 FITZ by 44 FITZ by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 2 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fox, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hughson, Mick ? ? 2 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
21 Winberg, Harold ? ? 0 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bower, Ray ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
28 Hill, Russell ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 1 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 16

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