1946 VFL Season Round 18: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1946 between St Kilda and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Allan Hird captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Hird and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (11.9.75) were defeated by Essendon (16.20.116).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 August 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 11.9.75 - 16.20.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 0 3 . 4 6 . 4 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Essendon 6 . 8 9 . 15 13 . 19 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
22 Dimble, Murray ? ? 5 ?
15 Fountain, Roy ? ? 0 ?
2 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 2 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Howe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
39 McLeod, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Meek, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
40 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
33 Willis, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 7 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 1 ?
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) 16 20

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