1908 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1908 between Geelong and Essendon during round nine of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Henry Young captained the hosts. Billy Griffith captained the visitors. The visitors were coached by Dave Smith.

Geelong (3.7.25) were defeated by Essendon (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 June 1908
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 3.7.25 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 1 3 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 7 3 . 7 (25)
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 4 7 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young

Essendon

Captain: Billy Griffith
Coach: Dave Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Boundary Umpires

A. Batty
G. Sandford

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Beard, Dave FB ? 0 ?
Bell, John BPL ? 0 ?
Cameron, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
Doull, George WR ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill HFFR ? 1 ?
Grigg, Dick CHF ? 0 ?
Hardiman, Tom HFFL ? 2 ?
Hassett, Jack RO ? 0 ?
McKay, Hugh FPR ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Alec CHB ? 0 ?
Moran, Frank C ? 0 ?
Newling, Ernie HBFL ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy BPR ? 0 ?
Scown, Percy WL ? 0 ?
Slater, Joe HBFR ? 0 ?
Stephens, Peter FF ? 0 ?
Tansing, George FPL ? 0 ?
Young, Henry (c) RU ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Lou RU ? 1 ?
Bowe, Len CHB ? 0 ?
Campbell, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
Davies, Bill WR ? 0 ?
Farnsworth, Harry HFFR ? 2 ?
Griffith, Billy (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Irwin, Alan BPL ? 0 ?
Landmann, Otto FPR ? 1 ?
Legge, Arthur RO ? 0 ?
Londerigan, Mike HFFL ? 1 ?
Minto, Les WL ? 0 ?
Parkinson, Fred RU ? 0 ?
Ryan, Bert FB ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill C ? 0 ?
Shea, Mark BPR ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy CHF ? 1 ?
Smith, Dave FF ? 1 ?
Smith, Lon FPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 9

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

Geelong Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
A. Irwin B. Ryan M. Shea C. Cameron

H. McKay P. Stephens G. Tansing H. Young (c)

FORWARD J. Hassett

HALF-BACK



B. Griffith (c) L. Bowe J. Campbell



B. Eason D. Grigg T. Hardiman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



L. Minto B. Sewart B. Davies



G. Doull F. Moran P. Scown FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE L. Armstrong

HALF-FORWARD F. Parkinson

M. Londerigan P. Shea H. Farnsworth A. Legge

J. Slater A. McKenzie E. Newling



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



L. Smith D. Smith O. Landmann



T. Rankin D. Beard J. Bell



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dave Smith

Score Timeline

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