1949 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1949 between Geelong and Essendon during round eleven of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (25.17.167) defeated Essendon (11.6.72).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 July 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 25.17.167 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 3 13 . 8 19 . 13 25 . 17 25 . 17 (167)
Essendon 1 . 1 3 . 2 7 . 3 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin GEEL by 32 GEEL by 66 GEEL by 82 GEEL by 95 GEEL by 95
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Condon, Jack ? ? 3 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickinbotham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Lunn, Ron ? ? 1 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 4 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 1 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
32 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 1 ?
15 Tuckwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 25 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 3 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Goninon, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 McLeish, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Newton, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Simpson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 6

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