1912 Grand Final: Essendon v South Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday, September 28th, 1912
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,536
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 5.17.47 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 3 . 9 4 . 14 5 . 17 5 . 17 (47)
South Melbourne 1 . 3 2 . 4 2 . 6 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin ESS by 1 ESS by 11 ESS by 20 ESS by 14 ESS by 14
Duration 25:00 25:00 25:00 25:00 1:40:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Jack Worrall (Essendon), Charlie Ricketts (South Melbourne)
Captain(s): Allan Belcher (Essendon), Charlie Ricketts (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): John Elder
Goal Umpire(s): Cornelius Buckley, Frederick Franks
Boundary Umpire(s): George Sandford, Leslie Stainsby
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou ? ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 1 ?
1 Belcher, Allan ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Caine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
29 Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 1 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 5 17

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic ? ? 1 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Casey, Dick ? ? 1 ?
5 Charge, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Deas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert ? ? 1 ?
13 Milne, Herbert ? ? 0 ?
15 Mortimer, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Mullaly, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 Prince, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Ricketts, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
23 Rusich, Les ? ? 1 ?
24 Saltau, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Scobie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Walsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 4 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: Jack Worrall
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South Melbourne Coach: Charlie Ricketts

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