1948 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1948 between Melbourne and Essendon during round one of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (12.5.77) were defeated by Essendon (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 April 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,664

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 12.5.77 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 6 . 2 9 . 4 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 5 8 . 11 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin MELB by 7 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
33 Bell, Des ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 5 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 2 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 5

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 2 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 3 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 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