1950 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1950 between Essendon and Footscray during round four of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Essendon (21.9.135) defeated Footscray (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 13 May 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 21.9.135 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 2 13 . 3 18 . 6 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Footscray 2 . 4 3 . 6 4 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 83 ESSE by 71 ESSE by 71
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Merrington

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 8 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 5 ?
1 Leehane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Newton, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 3 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Edwards, Norm ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 2 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
11 Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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