1948 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1948 between Essendon and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (13.13.91) defeated Melbourne (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 July 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 13.13.91 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Melbourne 0 . 3 2 . 9 5 . 11 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Goninon, George ? ? 4 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 2 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Lourey, Greg ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
14 Roscoe, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

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