1909 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1909 between Geelong and Essendon during round twelve of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Billy Griffith captained the visitors. The visitors were coached by Dave Smith.

Geelong (6.9.45) were defeated by Essendon (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 July 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 6.9.45 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 1 2 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Essendon 6 . 3 8 . 7 9 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin ESSE by 38 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown

Essendon

Captain: Billy Griffith
Coach: Dave Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Drohan

Boundary Umpires

A. Batty
G. Sandford

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
Batty, Les ? ? 0 ?
Beard, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Boyd, Alex ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
James, Les ? ? 0 ?
Martini, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Moran, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Morgan, Doug ? ? 1 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Orchard, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Slater, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Watt, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Whittington, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Wilton, Billy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 3 ?
Barker, George ? ? 2 ?
Beckley, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Belcher, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Davies, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Daykin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Londerigan, Mike ? ? 1 ?
Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Parkinson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Prout, Harry ? ? 5 ?
Ryan, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Mark ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Whelpton, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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