1903 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1903 between Essendon and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1903 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. Jim Anderson captained the hosts. Bill McClelland captained the visitors.

Essendon (3.16.34) defeated Melbourne (4.5.29).

Match Details

Season: 1903 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 July 1903
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 3.16.34 - 4.5.29

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 1 . 6 1 . 11 3 . 16 3 . 16 (34)
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 4 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Margin ESSE by 1 MELB by 10 MELB by 5 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jim Anderson

Melbourne

Captain: Bill McClelland

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Keenan

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Barker, George FPL ? 1 ?
Barry, Son HBFR ? 0 ?
Baxter, Ben WL ? 1 ?
Carkeek, William FPR ? 1 ?
Cochrane, George HBFL ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie BPL ? 0 ?
Geggie, Jack CHF ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Arthur HFFL ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy RO ? 0 ?
Hastings, George C ? 0 ?
Hedley, Tom RU ? 0 ?
Marr, Joe FB ? 0 ?
Rosser, Alex HFFR ? 0 ?
Smith, Dave RU ? 0 ?
Trehey, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
Vollugi, Herc WR ? 0 ?
Wright, Harry FF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bowe, Bill BPL ? 0 ?
Bremner, Billy HBFL ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin CHF ? 0 ?
Gardiner, Jack FF ? 2 ?
Gardner, Eric WL ? 0 ?
Henderson, Harry FB ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie HBFR ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank RO ? 1 ?
Leith, Jack HFFL ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill (c) BPR ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan FPR ? 1 ?
Parkin, Harry CHB ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack HFFR ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur WR ? 0 ?
Strong, Jack FPL ? 0 ?
Tout, Ernie RU ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 5

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

Essendon Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
B. Bowe H. Henderson B. McClelland (c) T. Hedley

W. Carkeek H. Wright G. Barker D. Smith

FORWARD B. Griffith

HALF-BACK



B. Bremner H. Parkin M. Herring



A. Rosser J. Geggie A. Gilligan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



E. Gardner C. Young A. Sowden



H. Vollugi G. Hastings B. Baxter FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE G. Moodie

HALF-FORWARD E. Tout

J. Leith V. Coutie J. Purse F. Langley

S. Barry J. Anderson (c) G. Cochrane



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



J. Strong J. Gardiner D. Moriarty



J. Trehey J. Marr M. Collins



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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ESSE unknown behind 1.9.15 - 3.4.22 ??:??
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