Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 22-Apr-1939 2:45 PM·Western Oval·23,000 att.
Footscray
14.18 (102)
vs
Essendon
15.17 (107)
Essendon won by 5

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray7.9 (51)9.10 (64)10.16 (76)14.18 (102)14.18 (102)
Essendon3.1 (19)5.13 (43)10.14 (74)15.17 (107)15.17 (107)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 George Bennett
#8 Pat Cahill
#2 Alan Collins
#9 Roy Evans
#15 Reg Evenden
#20 Jim Greenham1
#1 Harry Hickey2
#23 Stan Livingstone
#19 Jim Miller
#3 Arthur Olliver3
#24 Ambrose Palmer
#7 Jack Ryan1
#10 Joe Ryan4
#17 Leo Ryan
#28 Alf Sampson1
#16 Bob Spargo
#6 Paul Standfield
#4 Norm Ware2
#13 Don Wilson

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#24 Les Begley1
#12 George Bell
#9 Ted Bryce1
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#5 Jack Caesar1
#19 Jack Cassin
#4 Murray Exelby1
#26 Fred Green
#17 Harry Lippiatt
#11 William Luff
#10 Leo Maynes
#2 Norm McDermott1
#3 Dick Reynolds2
#29 Tom Reynolds6
#16 Arthur Slater
#6 Bob Standfield
#20 Hugh Torney
#28 Ray Watts2
#14 Stan Wilson