1948 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1948 between Essendon and Melbourne in the second semi final of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. 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 (13.16.94) defeated Melbourne (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 September 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 72,394

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 13.16.94 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 8 . 9 12 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 3 8 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin level ESSE by 30 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 4 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Fisher, Vic ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
9 Crawley, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 3 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
33 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

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