1950 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1950 between Geelong and Essendon during round three of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (8.16.64) were defeated by Essendon (18.11.119).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 May 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 8.16.64 - 18.11.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 3 2 . 9 6 . 12 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Essendon 2 . 2 7 . 2 14 . 6 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
6 Condon, Jack ? ? 1 ?
34 Davies, Doug ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Larkins, Andy ? ? 2 ?
13 McGrath, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Halloran, Leo ? ? 3 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
5 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Tuckwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 5 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 4 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 2 ?
5 McLeish, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 3 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 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