1901 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1901 between Essendon and Melbourne during round five of the 1901 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. Tod Collins captained the hosts with Ted Kinnear as vice-captain. Bill McClelland captained the visitors.

Essendon (7.8.50) defeated Melbourne (3.6.24).

Match Details

Season: 1901 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1901
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 3.6.24

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 1 . 4 3 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 2 2 . 5 3 . 6 3 . 6 (24)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 4 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tod Collins
Vice-Captain: Ted Kinnear

Melbourne

Captain: Bill McClelland

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Freame

Goal Umpires

W. Bruton
J. Lucas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Beasley, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod (c) ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 1 ?
Hiskins, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Kennedy, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy ? ? 2 ?
Martin, George ? ? 1 ?
Peppard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Robinson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Thurgood, Albert ? ? 0 ?
Vollugi, Herc ? ? 0 ?
White, Artie ? ? 0 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adams, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Colclough, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Eric ? ? 1 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
McLean, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 6

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s