1947 VFL Season Round 14: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1947 between St Kilda and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Allan Hird captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Hird and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (7.13.55) were defeated by Essendon (14.18.102).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 7.13.55 - 14.18.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 3 3 . 5 6 . 8 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Essendon 5 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 15 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
14 Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
26 Drinan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Hogan, Vin ? ? 1 ?
11 Mace, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 1 ?
Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Ramsay, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 13

Essendon

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

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