1947 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1947 between Geelong and Essendon during round four of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. George Gniel captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (11.17.83) were defeated by Essendon (16.19.115).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 16.19.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 5 . 9 9 . 15 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 5 . 5 10 . 10 13 . 13 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 1 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 2 ?
18 Pike, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 2 ?
5 Whitten, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bower, Ray ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 2 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
28 Hill, Russell ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
11 Johnson, Jack ? ? 4 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 1 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 19

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