1948 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1948 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round nineteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Charlie Cameron.

Essendon (10.11.71) defeated Fitzroy (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 4 September 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.11.71 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 7 6 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Fitzroy 2 . 0 2 . 3 6 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Charlie Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Ireland

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 2 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Fisher, Vic ? ? 2 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Goodingham, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
16 Hart, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 2 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 1 ?
17 Kettle, Jim ? ? 1 ?
30 Kinder, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicholls, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Sier, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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