1911 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1911 between Geelong and Essendon during round six of the 1911 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Bill Eason captained the hosts. Dave Smith captained the visitors with Allan Belcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dave Hickinbotham and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Geelong (6.6.42) were defeated by Essendon (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1911 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 June 1911
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 6.6.42 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Essendon 3 . 3 4 . 3 8 . 10 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin ESSE by 7 GEEL by 6 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Eason
Coach: Dave Hickinbotham

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Tulloch

Boundary Umpires

A. Batty
G. Sandford

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
Beard, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Brownlees, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
Doull, George ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Fairbairn, Les ? ? 1 ?
Freeman, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Grigg, Dick ? ? 1 ?
Heinz, George ? ? 2 ?
Marsham, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Martin, Len ? ? 0 ?
Martini, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Moran, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Morgan, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Orchard, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Scown, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 2 ?
Baring, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Belcher, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Hazel, Ern ? ? 1 ?
Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
Monteith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
O'Connor, Leo ? ? 1 ?
Ogden, Percy ? ? 1 ?
O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
Smith, Dave (c) ? ? 0 ?
Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 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