1949 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1949 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (11.10.76) were defeated by Essendon (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 August 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,436

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.10.76 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 7 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Essendon 5 . 1 7 . 2 12 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin ESSE by 17 MELB by 2 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
9 Harvey, Ray ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 3 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 4 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
27 Rollason, Ken ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
15 Toyne, Len ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 4 ?
1 Fisher, Vic ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 2 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 3 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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