1912 VFA Season Preliminary Final: North Melbourne v Essendon Association

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1912 between North Melbourne and the Essendon Association in the final of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football Association. North Melbourne hosted the Essendon Association at Arden Street Oval. Syd Barker captained the hosts. Dave McNamara captained the visitors with Bert Atkins as vice-captain.

North Melbourne (14.14.98) were defeated by the Essendon Association (16.6.102).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFA Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon Association
Date: Saturday 21 September 1912
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon Association
Score: 14.14.98 - 16.6.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 5 . 5 11 . 13 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Essendon Association 2 . 1 9 . 2 10 . 2 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Margin NMLB by 10 ESSA by 21 NMLB by 17 ESSA by 4 ESSA by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Syd Barker

Essendon Association

Captain: Dave McNamara
Vice-Captain: Bert Atkins

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barker, Syd (c) ? ? ? ?
Grierson, Charlie ? ? ? ?
Hardy, Charlie ? ? ? ?
Hawkins, D. ? ? ? ?
Heron, Hugh ? ? ? ?
Jones, Tom ? ? ? ?
McKay, Chris ? ? ? ?
Pemberton, Jack ? ? ? ?
Rawle, George ? ? ? ?
Treloar, Arthur ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (10 players) 14 14

Essendon Association

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, John ? ? ? ?
Atkins, Bert (vc) ? ? ? ?
Chapman, Doug ? ? ? ?
Clarke, Tom ? ? ? ?
Gough, Alf ? ? ? ?
Maine, Lindsay ? ? ? ?
McNamara, Dave (c) ? ? ? ?
Sevior, Tom ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (8 players) 16 6

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