1908 Grand Final: Carlton v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday, September 26th, 1908
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 53,400
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 5.5.35 - 3.8.26

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 3 5 . 4 5 . 5 5 . 5 5 . 5 (35)
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 4 3 . 5 3 . 8 3 . 8 (26)
Margin CAR by 8 CAR by 18 CAR by 12 CAR by 9 CAR by 9
Duration 25:00 25:00 25:00 25:00 1:40:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Jack Worrall (Carlton), Dave Smith (Essendon)
Captain(s): Fred Elliott (Carlton), Billy Griffith (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): John Elder
Goal Umpire(s): William Little, Frederick Lucas
Boundary Umpire(s): Percy Devine, George Hastings
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Beck, Les FB ? 0 ?
Bruce, George WL ? 0 ?
Clark, Norm BPL ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred RO ? 1 ?
Flynn, Jim HBFL ? 0 ?
Ford, Arthur BPR ? 0 ?
Gardiner, Vin FF ? 0 ?
Gotz, Martin HFFR ? 1 ?
Hammond, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
Jinks, Fred HBFR ? 0 ?
Johnson, George RU ? 0 ?
Kelly, Harvey FPL ? 1 ?
Kennedy, Ted WR ? 1 ?
Lang, Alex HFFL ? 0 ?
Marchbank, Jim CHF ? 1 ?
McGregor, Rod C ? 0 ?
Payne, Billy CHB ? 0 ?
Topping, George FPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 5 5

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Belcher, Allan RU ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len HBFL ? 0 ?
Busbridge, Bill CHB ? 0 ?
Cameron, Ernie RO ? 0 ?
Davies, Bill WR ? 0 ?
Daykin, Bert HBFR ? 0 ?
Farnsworth, Harry FPR ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy FB ? 0 ?
Heaphy, Bill HFFR ? 0 ?
Johnson, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
Legge, Arthur FPL ? 1 ?
Martin, Jim RU ? 1 ?
Minto, Les WL ? 0 ?
Prout, Harry FF ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill C ? 0 ?
Shea, Mark BPL ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy CHF ? 1 ?
Smith, Dave HFFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 3 8

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

Carlton Coach: Jack Worrall
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
M. Shea B. Griffith (c) B. Johnson C. Hammond

G. Topping V. Gardiner H. Kelly G. Johnson

FORWARD F. Elliott (c)

HALF-BACK



L. Bowe B. Busbridge B. Daykin



M. Gotz J. Marchbank A. Lang



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



L. Minto B. Sewart B. Davies



T. Kennedy R. McGregor G. Bruce FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE A. Belcher

HALF-FORWARD J. Martin

D. Smith P. Shea B. Heaphy E. Cameron

F. Jinks B. Payne J. Flynn



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



A. Legge H. Prout H. Farnsworth



A. Ford L. Beck N. Clark



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dave Smith

Score Timeline

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ESS unknown behind 5.5.35 - 3.7.25 ??:??
ESS unknown behind 5.5.35 - 3.8.26 ??:??