1909 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1909 between Essendon and St Kilda during round one of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at East Melbourne. Billy Griffith captained the hosts. Vic Barwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dave Smith and the visitors were coached by Jimmy Smith.

Essendon (6.18.54) defeated St Kilda (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 1 May 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 6.18.54 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 7 4 . 13 6 . 18 6 . 18 (54)
St Kilda 2 . 6 2 . 8 5 . 8 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin STKL by 11 STKL by 1 STKL by 1 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Billy Griffith
Coach: Dave Smith

St Kilda

Captain: Vic Barwick
Coach: Jimmy Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Beauchamp

Goal Umpires

C. Buckley
J. Jones

Boundary Umpires

G. Hastings
L. Stainsby

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 0 ?
Belcher, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Artie ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Busbridge, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Davies, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Daykin, Bert ? ? 1 ?
George, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Landmann, Otto ? ? 0 ?
Londerigan, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Minto, Les ? ? 0 ?
Prout, Harry ? ? 3 ?
Rice, Hurtle ? ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
Smith, Dave ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 18

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bant, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Barwick, Vic (c) ? ? 0 ?
Caldwell, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Clymo, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Dangerfield, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
Ellin, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Feehan, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Madden, Bill ? ? 1 ?
McCart, George ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Dave ? ? 1 ?
Morrissey, George ? ? 0 ?
Prince, Joe ? ? 1 ?
Richardson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Scott, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Wells, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Woodcock, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Young, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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 50s