1902 Semi Final 1: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1902 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, September 6th, 1902
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 8,000
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 9.7.61 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin MEL by 7 MEL by 17 MEL by 7 ESS by 10 ESS by 10
Duration 25:00 25:00 25:00 25:00 1:40:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): unknown (Essendon), unknown (Melbourne)
Captain(s): unknown (Essendon), Bill McClelland (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Dick Gibson
Goal Umpire(s): Frederick Franks, James Rickard
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim CHB ? 0 ?
Barry, Son HBFL ? 0 ?
Baxter, Ben C ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh HBFR ? 0 ?
Geggie, Jack HFFL ? 1 ?
Griffith, Billy RO ? 0 ?
Hiskins, Fred HFFR ? 0 ?
Holligan, John FF ? 1 ?
Hutchins, Vic FB ? 0 ?
Kennedy, Ted WL ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted FPR ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy FPL ? 2 ?
Martin, George RU ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Jack RU ? 2 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat BPR ? 0 ?
Robinson, Bill BPL ? 0 ?
Thurgood, Albert CHF ? 3 ?
Vollugi, Herc WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 9 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Syd RU ? 0 ?
Bowe, Bill CHB ? 0 ?
Dalrymple, Syd FPR ? 0 ?
Gardner, Eric WL ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart FB ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie HFFR ? 0 ?
Hocking, Ern RO ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank HFFL ? 1 ?
Leith, Jack CHF ? 2 ?
Lewis, Austin BPL ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill HBFL ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry BPR ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
Rainey, Les FPL ? 1 ?
Ryan, Tommy FF ? 3 ?
Sowden, Arthur WR ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
A. Lewis S. Geddes H. Parkin G. Martin

T. Kinnear J. Holligan J. Larkin J. McKenzie

FORWARD B. Griffith

HALF-BACK



B. McClelland (c) B. Bowe J. Purse



F. Hiskins A. Thurgood J. Geggie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



E. Gardner C. Young A. Sowden



H. Vollugi B. Baxter T. Kennedy FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE S. Anderson

HALF-FORWARD G. Moodie

F. Langley J. Leith M. Herring E. Hocking

H. Gavin J. Anderson S. Barry



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



L. Rainey T. Ryan S. Dalrymple



P. O'Loughlin V. Hutchins B. Robinson



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Jack Leith goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 ??:??
ESS Jack McKenzie goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 ??:??
MEL Tommy Ryan behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 ??:??
MEL Les Rainey behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 ??:??
ESS Jack McKenzie behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 ??:??
ESS Albert Thurgood goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 ??:??
MEL Frank Langley goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 ??:??
MEL Tommy Ryan goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 ??:??
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