1947 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1947 between Essendon and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (12.13.85) defeated Melbourne (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 12.13.85 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 8 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 5 MELB by 8 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 2 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 4 ?
14 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 1 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 15

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