1911 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1911 between Melbourne and Essendon during round three of the 1911 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Vin Coutie captained the hosts. Dave Smith captained the visitors with Allan Belcher as vice-captain. The visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Melbourne (0.9.9) were defeated by Essendon (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1911 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 May 1911
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,554

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 0.9.9 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 0 . 5 0 . 8 0 . 9 0 . 9 (9)
Essendon 2 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 7 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Vin Coutie

Essendon

Captain: Dave Smith
Vice-Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Winslow

Boundary Umpires

E. Duffy
H. Machar

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Brereton, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin (c) ? ? 0 ?
Fairbairn, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Flintoft, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Geggie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
George, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Harris, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Henderson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Hendrie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 0 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Ramsay ? ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Bert ? ? 2 ?
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 1 ?
Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Belcher, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Benstead, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
Monteith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
Smith, Dave (c) ? ? 0 ?
White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 11

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