1903 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1903 between Essendon and Carlton during round three of the 1903 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at East Melbourne. Jim Anderson captained the hosts. Joe McShane captained the visitors. The visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Essendon (5.5.35) were defeated by Carlton (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1903 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 16 May 1903
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 5.5.35 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 0 4 . 1 4 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 5 (35)
Carlton 2 . 3 3 . 8 5 . 12 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin CARL by 9 CARL by 1 CARL by 17 CARL by 21 CARL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jim Anderson

Carlton

Captain: Joe McShane
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
H. O'Bern

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Baxter, Ben BPR ? 0 ?
Callan, Hughie FPL ? 0 ?
Carkeek, William RU ? 1 ?
Cochrane, George HBFR ? 0 ?
Geggie, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Arthur HFFR ? 1 ?
Griffith, Billy RO ? 0 ?
Hastings, George C ? 0 ?
Holligan, John FF ? 1 ?
Kennedy, Ted WL ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted FPR ? 1 ?
Madden, Mick CHF ? 0 ?
Marr, Joe FB ? 0 ?
Martin, George RU ? 0 ?
McCarthy, Bill BPL ? 0 ?
Smith, Dave HFFL ? 1 ?
Vollugi, Herc WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 5

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Elliott, Fred FPL ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim RU ? 0 ?
Ford, Arthur C ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick CHF ? 1 ?
Jacobson, Bob HFFL ? 0 ?
McNamara, Bill BPL ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (c) RU ? 0 ?
Opie, Jim HBFL ? 0 ?
Roland, Charlie WR ? 0 ?
Ross, Gordon HBFR ? 0 ?
Scott, Fred FF ? 0 ?
Snell, Archie RO ? 1 ?
Sullivan, Joe FPR ? 2 ?
Topping, George WL ? 1 ?
Tough, Charlie FB ? 0 ?
Trim, Albert BPR ? 0 ?
Walton, Ernie CHB ? 0 ?
Webber, Fred HFFR ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 14

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