1911 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1911 between Essendon and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1911 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at East Melbourne. Dave Smith captained the hosts with Allan Belcher as vice-captain. Bill Eason captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Dave Hickinbotham.

Essendon (9.7.61) defeated Geelong (4.11.35).

Match Details

Season: 1911 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 July 1911
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 9.7.61 - 4.11.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 2 9 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Geelong 1 . 1 1 . 4 3 . 5 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Bill Eason
Coach: Dave Hickinbotham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Boyle

Boundary Umpires

A. Bertram
J. Doherty

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 4 ?
Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Belcher, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 1 ?
Busbridge, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Hazel, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kirby, Jack ? ? 1 ?
McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
Smith, Dave (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 7

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
Brownlees, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Basil ? ? 1 ?
Eason, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Fairbairn, Les ? ? 0 ?
Freeman, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Healy, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
Marsham, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Martin, Len ? ? 0 ?
Martini, Percy ? ? 2 ?
Moran, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Orchard, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Scown, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Slater, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 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