1947 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 1947 between Essendon and Fitzroy in the preliminary final of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Essendon (16.13.109) defeated Fitzroy (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 20 September 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,648

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.13.109 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 8 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 6 . 7 10 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 18 FITZ by 1 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 4 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 5 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 5 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
30 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 12

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