1908 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1908 between St Kilda and Essendon during round two of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League.
St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval.
Jack Wells captained the hosts.
Billy Griffith captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Mick Grace and the visitors were coached by Dave Smith.
St Kilda (7.6.48) were defeated by Essendon (12.14.86).
Match Details
Season:
1908 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
St Kilda
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Essendon
Date:
Saturday 9 May 1908
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Junction Oval
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| St Kilda | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 6 | 7 | . | 6 | (48) |
| Essendon | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 7 | 9 | . | 11 | 12 | . | 14 | 12 | . | 14 | (86) |
| Margin | STKL by 5 | ESSE by 18 | ESSE by 24 | ESSE by 38 | ESSE by 38 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
St Kilda
Captain: Jack WellsCoach: Mick Grace
Essendon
Captain: Billy GriffithCoach: Dave Smith
Player Statistics
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Bant, Chris | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Bant, Horrie | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Barwick, Vic | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Clymo, Charlie | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cowell, Jim | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Ellin, Percy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Farmer, Horrie | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Feehan, Dan | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Grace, Mick | FF | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Julian, Jack | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lever, Harry | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Madden, Bill | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| McNamara, Dave | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Morrissey, George | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Scott, Wally | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Jimmy | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Stewart, Jim | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wells, Jack (c) | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 7 | 6 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Armstrong, Lou | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Belcher, Allan | RU | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Busbridge, Bill | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cameron, Ernie | BPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| George, Alf | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Griffith, Billy (c) | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Landmann, Otto | FPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Legge, Arthur | RO | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Londerigan, Mike | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Martin, Jim | FPL | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Minto, Les | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Parkinson, Fred | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Ryan, Bert | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sewart, Bill | C | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Shea, Mark | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shea, Paddy | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sloss, Bruce | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Dave | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 12 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| St Kilda | Coach: Mick Grace | ||||||||||||||
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| E. Cameron | B. Ryan | B. Sloss | G. Morrissey |
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| C. Clymo | M. Grace | H. Farmer | J. Smith |
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| FORWARD | V. Barwick |
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| B. Busbridge | A. George | B. Griffith (c) |
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| J. Cowell | D. McNamara | B. Madden |
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| L. Minto | B. Sewart | M. Shea |
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| P. Ellin | J. Wells (c) | W. Scott | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | A. Belcher |
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| HALF-FORWARD | F. Parkinson |
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| L. Armstrong | P. Shea | M. Londerigan | A. Legge |
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| J. Julian | H. Bant | J. Stewart |
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| J. Martin | D. Smith | O. Landmann |
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| C. Bant | H. Lever | D. Feehan |
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| Essendon | Coach: Dave Smith | ||||||||||||||