1909 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1909 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round four of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Vin Coutie captained the hosts. Vic Barwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Jimmy Smith.

Melbourne (6.15.51) defeated St Kilda (6.4.40).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 22 May 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 8,851

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 6.15.51 - 6.4.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 10 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
St Kilda 2 . 2 3 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 4 (40)
Margin STKL by 6 MELB by 3 MELB by 1 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Vin Coutie
Coach: Alec Hall

St Kilda

Captain: Vic Barwick
Coach: Jimmy Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

V. Brown

Boundary Umpires

W. Connor
F. Winslow

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Brereton, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin (c) ? ? 1 ?
Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 2 ?
Flintoft, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Harris, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Hewitt, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Hodgkins, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Jones, Alf ? ? 1 ?
Mills, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Norman, Len ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Strong, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bant, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Barwick, Vic (c) ? ? 1 ?
Brown, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Caldwell, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Clymo, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Dangerfield, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
Ellin, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Feehan, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Gant, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Lever, Harry ? ? 0 ?
McDonald, Les ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Morrissey, George ? ? 2 ?
Murtagh, Owen ? ? 0 ?
Scott, Wally ? ? 1 ?
Stewart, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Wells, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Woodcock, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 4

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