1948 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1948 between Essendon and Footscray during round ten of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Essendon (18.12.120) defeated Footscray (4.14.38).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 June 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 18.12.120 - 4.14.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 3 8 . 7 15 . 12 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Footscray 0 . 2 3 . 6 3 . 8 4 . 14 4 . 14 (38)
Margin ESSE by 37 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 76 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Fisher, Vic ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 5 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 3 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 2 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 2 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 Newton, Ken ? ? 4 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 2 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 14

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