1944 Games · 1944 Player Statistics

Melbourne 78 – 98 Essendon

← · 1944 · Round 13 · 29/07/1944 2:30 · Punt Rd · Crowd 11000 · →

Melbourne 3.3.215.9.396.9.4511.12.78
Essendon 3.7.256.7.4313.11.8914.14.98
Qrt margin ES by 4ES by 4ES by 44ES by 20
Qrt scores ES 25-21Level 18-18ES 46-6ME 33-9
Field umpires Eric Hawkins (132)

Melbourne Match Statistics (78) — Coach: Percy Beames

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
14 George Archibald 1
24 Percy Beames 1
19 Lloyd Bennett
21 Don Cordner 1
5 Billy Deans
36 Es Downey 2
2 Roy Dowsing 1
0 Ron Hall
20 Bob Herbert
26 Doug Heywood
3 Ron Irwin
29 Ken Levey
33 Warren Lewis 2
25 Col McLean
32 Jack Minnis
35 Charlie Newman
38 Bill Scanlan 2
4 Norm Smith 1
39 Jack Stock
Totals 11
Opposition 14

Essendon Match Statistics (98) — Coach: Dick Reynolds

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
31 Norm Betson
35 Percy Bushby 1
15 Wally Buttsworth
19 Jack Cassin 1
27 Jack Cockburn 1
1 Ernie Coward
10 Laurie Dearle 2
20 Les Griggs
5 Jack Henry
6 Allan Hird
7 Bill Hutchison 1
14 Chris Lambert
22 Gordon Lane 1
8 Elton Plummer
17 Ray Powell 3
3 Dick Reynolds
29 Tom Reynolds 4
32 Alan Shaw
24 Noel Smith
Totals 14
Opposition 11

Melbourne Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Melbourne Games (W-D-L W%) Melbourne Goals (Ave.)
14 George Archibald 24y 297d 37 (14-0-23 37.84%) 4 (0.11) ← ←
24 Percy Beames 33y 2d 208 (110-1-97 53.13%) 317 (1.52) ← ←
19 Lloyd Bennett 28y 112d 6 (2-0-4 33.33%) 2 (0.33) ← ←
21 Don Cordner 22y 190d 42 (17-0-25 40.48%) 5 (0.12) ← ←
5 Billy Deans 21y 240d 31 (11-0-20 35.48%) 14 (0.45) 30 (11-0-19 36.67%) 13 (0.43)
36 Es Downey 20y 353d 11 (4-0-7 36.36%) 6 (0.55) ← ←
2 Roy Dowsing 28y 280d 67 (37-0-30 55.22%) 44 (0.66) ← ←
0 Ron Hall 23y 103d 1 (0-0-1 0.00%) ← ← debut
20 Bob Herbert 25y 140d 28 (11-0-17 39.29%) 36 (1.29) 23 (11-0-12 47.83%) 34 (1.48)
26 Doug Heywood 19y 230d 16 (7-0-9 43.75%) 11 (0.69) ← ←
3 Ron Irwin 20y 280d 14 (4-0-10 28.57%) ← ←
29 Ken Levey 21y 86d 12 (5-0-7 41.67%) ← ←
33 Warren Lewis 21y 110d 6 (3-0-3 50.00%) 3 (0.50) ← ←
25 Col McLean 23y 359d 34 (19-0-15 55.88%) ← ←
32 Jack Minnis 22y 185d 23 (11-0-12 47.83%) 6 (0.26) ← ←
35 Charlie Newman 23y 236d 23 (10-0-13 43.48%) 6 (2-0-4 33.33%)
38 Bill Scanlan 19y 205d 6 (3-0-3 50.00%) 5 (0.83) ← ←
4 Norm Smith 28y 251d 147 (96-1-50 65.65%) 430 (2.93) ← ←
39 Jack Stock 20y 265d 7 (3-0-4 42.86%) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 23y 264d 719 (367-2-350 51.18%) 883 (1.23)
C Percy Beames 33y 2d 43 (16-0-27 37.21%) ←

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
31 Norm Betson 30y 21d 54 (34-2-18 64.81%) 30 (0.56) ← ←
35 Percy Bushby 25y 63d 65 (46-2-17 72.31%) 28 (0.43) ← ←
15 Wally Buttsworth 27y 190d 92 (64-2-26 70.65%) 1 (0.01) ← ←
19 Jack Cassin 29y 28d 123 (68-2-53 56.10%) 111 (0.90) ← ←
27 Jack Cockburn 32y 216d 8 (5-0-3 62.50%) 2 (0.25) ← ←
1 Ernie Coward 28y 184d 92 (57-2-33 63.04%) 16 (0.17) ← ←
10 Laurie Dearle 24y 287d 36 (23-2-11 66.67%) 23 (0.64) ← ←
20 Les Griggs 30y 84d 93 (47-2-44 51.61%) 51 (0.55) ← ←
5 Jack Henry 22y 190d 3 (3-0-0 100.00%) ← ←
6 Allan Hird 25y 353d 89 (53-2-34 60.67%) 12 (0.13) 75 (52-2-21 70.67%)
7 Bill Hutchison 21y 92d 41 (29-2-10 73.17%) 28 (0.68) ← ←
14 Chris Lambert 24y 139d 32 (24-0-8 75.00%) 14 (0.44) ← ←
22 Gordon Lane 23y 60d 62 (42-2-18 69.35%) 159 (2.56) ← ←
8 Elton Plummer 29y 364d 134 (79-2-53 59.70%) 1 (0.01) ← ←
17 Ray Powell 20y 357d 20 (15-1-4 77.50%) 32 (1.60) ← ←
3 Dick Reynolds 29y 39d 188 (90-1-97 48.14%) 267 (1.42) ← ←
29 Tom Reynolds 27y 251d 106 (63-0-43 59.43%) 357 (3.37) ← ←
32 Alan Shaw 20y 255d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) ← ← debut
24 Noel Smith 25y 245d 23 (14-2-7 65.22%) 24 (1.04) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 26y 104d 1262 (757-26-479 61.01%) 1156 (0.92)
C Dick Reynolds 29y 39d 91 (61-1-29 67.58%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.