1908 VFL Season Round 14: Collingwood v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1908 between Collingwood and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League.
Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park.
Bob Nash captained the hosts.
Billy Griffith captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Billy Strickland and the visitors were coached by Dave Smith.
Collingwood (8.12.60) defeated Essendon (8.8.56).
Match Details
Season:
1908 VFL Season
Round:
Round 14
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 25 July 1908
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Victoria Park
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Essendon
Score:
8.12.60 - 8.8.56
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Collingwood | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 11 | 8 | . | 12 | 8 | . | 12 | (60) |
| Essendon | 1 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 5 | 8 | . | 8 | 8 | . | 8 | 8 | . | 8 | (56) |
| Margin | COLL by 11 | ESSE by 9 | ESSE by 9 | COLL by 4 | COLL by 4 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Collingwood
Captain: Bob NashCoach: Billy Strickland (caretaker)
Essendon
Captain: Billy GriffithCoach: Dave Smith
Player Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Baxter, Tom | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dummett, Alf | BPR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Dunstan, Alex | FPR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Freeman, Artie | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibb, Percy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gyton, Harold | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Heatley, Bill | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Herbert, Marshall | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Holland, Tom | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hughes, Les | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Lee, Dick | FF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| McHale, Jock | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Nash, Bob (c) | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Donoghue, Dave | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Ryan, Dave | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Sadler, Jim | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Strachan, Bob | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wilcher, Frank | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 8 | 12 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Armstrong, Lou | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Belcher, Allan | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Busbridge, Bill | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Davies, Bill | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Daykin, Bert | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Farnsworth, Harry | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Griffith, Billy (c) | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Johnson, Bill | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Legge, Arthur | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Martin, Jim | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Minto, Les | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Parkinson, Fred | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Ryan, Bert | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sewart, Bill | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shea, Mark | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shea, Paddy | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Dave | RO | ? | 5 | ? | |
| Smith, Lon | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 8 | 8 | |||
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
| Collingwood | Coach: Billy Strickland | ||||||||||||||
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| M. Shea | B. Ryan | A. Belcher | H. Gyton |
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| A. Dunstan | D. Lee | A. Freeman | B. Strachan |
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| FORWARD | T. Baxter |
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| B. Griffith (c) | B. Busbridge | B. Johnson |
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| B. Heatley | D. Ryan | L. Hughes |
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| L. Minto | B. Davies | B. Sewart |
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| P. Gibb | B. Nash (c) | J. Sadler | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | B. Daykin |
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| HALF-FORWARD | F. Parkinson |
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| L. Armstrong | P. Shea | H. Farnsworth | D. Smith |
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| F. Wilcher | M. Herbert | J. McHale |
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| J. Martin | A. Legge | L. Smith |
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| A. Dummett | T. Holland | D. O'Donoghue |
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| Essendon | Coach: Dave Smith | ||||||||||||||