1948 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1948 between Essendon and Geelong during round seven of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Lindsay White captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Essendon (12.11.83) were defeated by Geelong (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 12.11.83 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 7 . 8 9 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Geelong 1 . 3 9 . 7 11 . 11 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin ESSE by 24 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
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 ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 2 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 1 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 3 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
29 Newton, Ken ? ? 2 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Davies, Doug ? ? 2 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 2 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Luke, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Pritchard, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
25 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 5 ?
34 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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