1910 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1910 between Essendon and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1910 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts. Vin Coutie captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Belcher and the visitors were coached by Eddie Drohan.

Essendon (4.18.42) were defeated by Melbourne (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1910 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 August 1910
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 4.18.42 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 2 . 8 3 . 12 4 . 18 4 . 18 (42)
Melbourne 5 . 5 6 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MELB by 23 MELB by 25 MELB by 22 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Allan Belcher

Melbourne

Captain: Vin Coutie
Coach: Eddie Drohan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Clarke

Boundary Umpires

E. Duffy
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Ramsay ? ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 1 ?
Bant, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Busbridge, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
O'Connor, Leo ? ? 1 ?
Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Prout, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Dave ? ? 2 ?
White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Bell, David ? ? 0 ?
Brereton, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin (c) ? ? 1 ?
Fairbairn, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Flintoft, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Harris, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Henderson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Hendrie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Pratt, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 12

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