1948 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1948 between Geelong and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Lindsay White captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (9.10.64) were defeated by Essendon (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 August 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 9.10.64 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 7 . 5 7 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 3 9 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Davies, Doug ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 2 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
25 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Bryar, Dick ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
1 Fisher, Vic ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 4 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

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