1947 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1947 between Essendon and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. George Gniel captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Essendon (16.21.117) defeated Geelong (12.5.77).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 16.21.117 - 12.5.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 13 10 . 16 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Geelong 4 . 1 6 . 1 10 . 2 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Margin level ESSE by 18 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 5 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 3 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 3 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 1 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 2 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 4 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Pike, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
34 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 5

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