1947 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1947 between Essendon and Carlton during round five of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (8.16.64) were defeated by Carlton (14.7.91).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 17 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 32,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 8.16.64 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 3 . 10 5 . 11 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Carlton 5 . 0 7 . 0 13 . 5 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin CARL by 20 CARL by 14 CARL by 42 CARL by 27 CARL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
28 Hill, Russell ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 4 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 16

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 2 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 3 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 2 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 3 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 7

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