1947 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1947 between Essendon and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Harry Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jim Crowe.

Essendon (10.18.78) defeated Footscray (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 10.18.78 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 8 . 9 8 . 13 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Footscray 0 . 0 2 . 3 3 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin ESSE by 35 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Harry Hickey
Coach: Jim Crowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Johnson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 3 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 2 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
17 Raine, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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