1950 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1950 between Melbourne and Essendon during round ten of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Shane McGrath 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 (8.15.63) were defeated by Essendon (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 June 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,682

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.15.63 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 7 4 . 10 6 . 13 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin MELB by 11 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 2 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
34 Pound, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 7 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

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