1947 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1947 between Essendon and St Kilda during round three of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Allan Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Allan Hird.

Essendon (21.10.136) defeated St Kilda (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 3 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 21.10.136 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 2 13 . 3 15 . 7 21 . 10 21 . 10 (136)
St Kilda 5 . 4 8 . 5 13 . 7 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 4 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
28 Hill, Russell ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
11 Johnson, Jack ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 5 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 10

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
25 Carmody, Bill ? ? 2 ?
22 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Howe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Kerr, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
29 Lundberg, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 3 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 4 ?
Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Meek, Les ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 4 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 5 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 11

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