South Melbourne vs Essendon 13-Aug-1938 Lineups

Saturday 13-Aug-1938

Final Round 16

South Melbourne Coach: Roy Cazaly

91 13.13

86 12.14

Essendon Coach: Jack Baggott

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

18 Alex Mitchell — 14 Bill Faul — 10 Bob Pratt — 7 Frank Sinclair — 31 George Collard — 1 Herbie Matthews — 22 Jack Graham — 29 Jack Hacker — 20 Jim Cleary — 9 Len Thomas — 8 Norm Matthews — 24 Owen Evans — 30 Pat Farrelly — 28 Reg Coyle — 26 Reg Humphries — 12 Roy Moore — 19 Syd Tims — 23 Tom Purvis — 33 Wilbur Harris —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

5 Arnold Maltby — 16 Arthur Slater — 3 Dick Reynolds — 12 George Bell — 17 Harry Lippiatt — 20 Hugh Torney — 5 Jack Caesar — 19 Jack Cassin — 32 Len Webster — 24 Les Begley — 4 Murray Exelby — 7 Norm Baker — 2 Norm McDermott — 28 Ray Watts — 14 Stan Wilson — 9 Ted Bryce — 21 Ted Rippon — 29 Tom Reynolds — 11 William Luff —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	2.4	4.3	4.4	3.2	91
ESS	4.2	2.5	2.4	4.3	86

Match Leaders

Goals

Bob PrattSMO

Behinds

Not available yet

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals12

0Behinds0

0Behinds Rushed0

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 5 points, 91–86.

South Melbourne took a 12-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 5 by the final siren, scoring 27 points to 20 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage