1949 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1949 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (8.19.67) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 June 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 8.19.67 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin level FITZ by 5 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Merrington

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 5 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Goninon, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 McLeish, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 19

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 6 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 1 ?
5 Kettle, Jim ? ? 2 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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