1908 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1908 between Essendon and Collingwood during round five of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League.
Essendon hosted Collingwood at East Melbourne.
Billy Griffith captained the hosts.
Eddie Drohan captained the visitors with Bob Nash as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Dave Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Rowell.
Essendon (10.9.69) defeated Collingwood (9.10.64).
Match Details
Season:
1908 VFL Season
Round:
Round 5
Teams:
Essendon
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 30 May 1908
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
East Melbourne
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
Collingwood
Score:
10.9.69 - 9.10.64
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 2 | . | 0 | 4 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 6 | 10 | . | 9 | 10 | . | 9 | (69) |
| Collingwood | 1 | . | 7 | 2 | . | 8 | 7 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 10 | 9 | . | 10 | (64) |
| Margin | COLL by 1 | ESSE by 8 | COLL by 3 | ESSE by 5 | ESSE by 5 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Essendon
Captain: Billy GriffithCoach: Dave Smith
Collingwood
Captain: Eddie DrohanVice-Captain: Bob Nash
Coach: Ted Rowell
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Armstrong, Lou | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Belcher, Allan | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Bowe, Len | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Busbridge, Bill | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Crow, Tommy | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Farnsworth, Harry | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Griffith, Billy (c) | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Johnson, Bill | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Landmann, Otto | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Legge, Arthur | BPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Martin, Jim | FPL | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Minto, Les | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Parkinson, Fred | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Ryan, Bert | FB | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Sewart, Bill | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shea, Mark | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shea, Paddy | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Smith, Dave | FF | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 10 | 9 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Angus, George | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Baxter, Tom | RO | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Carden, Bill | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Drohan, Eddie (c) | FF | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Dummett, Alf | BPR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Freeman, Artie | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibb, Percy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Green, George | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gyton, Harold | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Heatley, Bill | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Herbert, Marshall | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Holland, Tom | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McHale, Jock | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Nash, Bob (vc) | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pannam, Albert | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Pears, Harry | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Ryan, Dave | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wilcher, Frank | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 9 | 10 | |||
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
| Essendon | Coach: Dave Smith | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| B. Carden | B. Nash (vc) | A. Dummett | A. Belcher |
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| B. Johnson | D. Smith | J. Martin | F. Parkinson |
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| FORWARD | L. Armstrong |
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| T. Holland | M. Herbert | F. Wilcher |
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| H. Farnsworth | P. Shea | O. Landmann |
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| A. Freeman | J. McHale | P. Gibb |
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| M. Shea | B. Sewart | L. Minto | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | G. Angus |
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| HALF-FORWARD | H. Gyton |
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| H. Pears | D. Ryan | A. Pannam | T. Baxter |
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| L. Bowe | B. Busbridge | B. Griffith (c) |
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| G. Green | E. Drohan (c) | B. Heatley |
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| A. Legge | B. Ryan | T. Crow |
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| Collingwood | Coach: Ted Rowell | ||||||||||||||