Essendon vs South Melbourne 12-Jun-1939 Lineups

Monday 12-Jun-1939

Final Round 8

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

70 9.16

91 13.13

South Melbourne Coach: Herbie Matthews

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

3 Dick Reynolds — 8 Elton Plummer — 1 Ernie Coward — 12 George Bell — 25 George Pattinson — 17 Harry Lippiatt — 20 Hugh Torney — 5 Jack Caesar — 19 Jack Cassin — 24 Les Begley — 7 Norm Baker — 2 Norm McDermott — 18 Peter Paterson — 28 Ray Watts — 30 Ron Smith — 14 Stan Wilson — 21 Ted Rippon — 29 Tom Reynolds — 11 William Luff —

Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

18 Alex Mitchell — 21 Allan Mullenger — 10 Bob Pratt — 31 George Collard — 1 Herbie Matthews — 22 Jack Graham — 29 Jack Hacker — 20 Jim Cleary — 15 Keith Smith — 16 Ken Dineen — 5 Lou Reiffel — 6 Mick Leonard — 13 Norm Couper — 8 Norm Matthews — 24 Owen Evans — 26 Reg Humphries — 11 Reg Richards — 4 Rex Ritchie — 33 Wilbur Harris —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ESS	2.3	2.6	1.5	4.2	70
SMO	5.1	1.4	4.5	3.3	91

Match Leaders

Goals

Bob PrattSMO

Behinds

Not available yet

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

9Goals13

0Behinds0

0Behinds Rushed0

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 21 points, 91–70.

South Melbourne took a 26-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 21 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 21 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. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage