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Footscray vs Essendon
| Round: 2 Venue: Western Oval Date: Sat, 26-04-1947 2:45 pm Crowd: 22,000 | |||||
| Footscray | 5.5.35 | 6.8.44 | 12.10.82 | 15.13.103 | C: Jim Crowe |
| Essendon | 1.1.7 | 5.7.37 | 10.8.68 | 13.11.89 | C: Dick Reynolds |
| FOOTS by 28 | FOOTS by 7 | FOOTS by 14 | FOOTS by 14 | ||
Match stats
| Footscray | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 22 | Donald, Wally | 0 | 19y 334d | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Evenden, Reg | 0 | 28y 91d | 92 | 13 | |||||||||
| 20 | Fountain, Bruce | 0 | 27y 3d | 13 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9 | Hand, Pat | 0 | 23y 194d | 51 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 | Hickey, Harry | 0 | 29y 281d | 143 | 148 | |||||||||
| 23 | Logan, Jack | 0 | 23y 133d | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 | McCankie, Len | 0 | 22y 169d | 83 | 1 | |||||||||
| 32 | McDonnell, Marty | 0 | 26y 119d | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | McLaren, George | 0 | 22y 35d | 54 | 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | Miller, Jim | 0 | 27y 331d | 114 | 26 | |||||||||
| 29 | Moncrieff, Allan | 0 | 23y 38d | 34 | 36 | |||||||||
| 3 | Olliver, Arthur | 6 | 30y 137d | 202 | 241 | |||||||||
| 31 | Rees, Evan | 0 | 23y 263d | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Robb, Tim | 4 | 22y 130d | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | Ryan, Joe | 1 | 29y 211d | 146 | 232 | |||||||||
| 26 | Scott, Ken | 0 | 21y 15d | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Sutton, Charlie | 0 | 23y 23d | 30 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Wearmouth, Dick | 0 | 20y 349d | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
| 16 | Welsh, Jack | 0 | 22y 188d | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| 28 | Wood, Bill | 4 | 25y 168d | 37 | 113 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 13 | 24y 233d | 1091 | 846 | |||||||||
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 25 | Abbott, Gordon | 0 | 32y 212d | 130 | 67 | |||||||||
| 23 | Brittingham, Bill | 0 | 23y 233d | 57 | 117 | |||||||||
| 35 | Bushby, Percy | 0 | 27y 334d | 114 | 42 | |||||||||
| 15 | Buttsworth, Wally | 0 | 30y 95d | 143 | 2 | |||||||||
| 32 | Equid, Harry | 6 | 23y 200d | 24 | 45 | |||||||||
| 18 | Gardiner, Les | 0 | 24y 91d | 55 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Harper, Bert | 0 | 24y 90d | 23 | 18 | |||||||||
| 28 | Hill, Russell | 0 | 27y 48d | 9 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Hutchison, Bill | 1 | 23y 363d | 91 | 123 | |||||||||
| 11 | Johnson, Jack | 0 | 21y 45d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Jones, Jack | 1 | 22y 170d | 22 | 17 | |||||||||
| 22 | Lane, Gordon | 1 | 25y 331d | 106 | 216 | |||||||||
| 9 | Leehane, Ted | 1 | 23y 328d | 19 | 23 | |||||||||
| 31 | McClure, Bob | 0 | 21y 325d | 10 | 4 | |||||||||
| 20 | Pearson, Bill | 0 | 24y 319d | 36 | 19 | |||||||||
| 17 | Powell, Ray | 0 | 23y 262d | 47 | 68 | |||||||||
| 2 | Rawle, Keith | 1 | 22y 179d | 50 | 47 | |||||||||
| 3 | Reynolds, Dick | 2 | 31y 310d | 237 | 343 | |||||||||
| 26 | Syme, Bob | 0 | 22y 147d | 19 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1 | Tonkes, Herbie | 0 | 26y 22d | 27 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 11 | 25y 77d | 1220 | 1156 | |||||||||
Match highlights
Reg Evenden played his 100th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R2)Harry Hickey played his 150th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R2)