1903 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1903 between Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1903 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Bill McClelland captained the hosts. Jim Anderson captained the visitors.

Melbourne (3.7.25) were defeated by Essendon (4.4.28).

Match Details

Season: 1903 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 May 1903
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 3.7.25 - 4.4.28

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 3 3 . 3 3 . 7 3 . 7 (25)
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 3 4 . 4 4 . 4 4 . 4 (28)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bill McClelland

Essendon

Captain: Jim Anderson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. D'Helin

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
J. Jones

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bowe, Bill HFFL ? 1 ?
Bremner, Billy HBFL ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin CHF ? 0 ?
Gardiner, Jack HFFR ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie WL ? 0 ?
Gardner, Eric C ? 0 ?
Gourlay, Albert FPR ? 1 ?
Henderson, Harry BPR ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank RO ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack FB ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill (c) BPL ? 1 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan FF ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry CHB ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
Rainey, Les FPL ? 0 ?
Tout, Ernie RU ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Barry, Son HBFR ? 0 ?
Baxter, Ben BPR ? 0 ?
Callan, Hughie FPL ? 0 ?
Carkeek, William RO ? 1 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur FPR ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod CHB ? 0 ?
Geggie, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Arthur HFFR ? 0 ?
Hastings, George C ? 0 ?
Hedley, Tom RU ? 0 ?
Kennedy, Ted WL ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted FF ? 0 ?
Madden, Mick CHF ? 0 ?
Marr, Joe FB ? 0 ?
Martin, George RU ? 1 ?
Smith, Dave HFFL ? 2 ?
Vollugi, Herc WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 4

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
J. Geggie J. Marr B. Baxter G. Moodie

A. Gourlay D. Moriarty L. Rainey E. Tout

FORWARD F. Langley

HALF-BACK



J. Anderson (c) T. Collins S. Barry



J. Gardiner V. Coutie B. Bowe



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



T. Kennedy G. Hastings H. Vollugi



C. Young E. Gardner C. Gardner FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE T. Hedley

HALF-FORWARD G. Martin

D. Smith M. Madden A. Gilligan W. Carkeek

J. Purse H. Parkin B. Bremner



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



H. Callan T. Kinnear A. Cleghorn



H. Henderson J. Leith B. McClelland (c)



BACK



Essendon Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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1.1.7 - 2.3.15 ??:??
Q2 ?.?.? - ?.3.? ??:??
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3.3.21 - 4.3.27 ??:??
Q3 ESSE unknown behind 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 ??:??
Q4 MELB unknown behind 3.4.22 - 4.4.28 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 3.5.23 - 4.4.28 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 3.6.24 - 4.4.28 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 3.7.25 - 4.4.28 ??:??