1912 VFL Season Grand Final: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 1912 between Essendon and South Melbourne in the challenge final of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Allan Belcher captained the hosts with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. Charlie Ricketts captained the visitors with Vic Belcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Charlie Ricketts.

Essendon (5.17.47) defeated South Melbourne (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 September 1912
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,536

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 5.17.47 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 3 . 9 4 . 14 5 . 17 5 . 17 (47)
South Melbourne 1 . 3 2 . 4 2 . 6 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Vice-Captain: Lou Armstrong
Coach: Jack Worrall

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Ricketts
Vice-Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

C. Buckley
F. Franks

Boundary Umpires

G. Sandford
L. Stainsby

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) FF ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred RU ? 1 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) RU ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len HBFR ? 0 ?
27 Caine, Frank CHF ? 1 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally WL ? 0 ?
29 Griffith, Billy FB ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan CHB ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack HFFL ? 1 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred WR ? 0 ?
12 Martin, Jim FPL ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George BPR ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy RO ? 1 ?
17 Sewart, Bill C ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy HFFR ? 0 ?
20 Walker, Bill FPR ? 1 ?
19 White, Les HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 17

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic (vc) HFFL ? 1 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim WR ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred HFFR ? 0 ?
22 Casey, Dick FPL ? 1 ?
5 Charge, Les RU ? 0 ?
7 Deas, Bob FB ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert CHF ? 1 ?
13 Milne, Herbert RU ? 0 ?
15 Mortimer, Len FF ? 0 ?
14 Mullaly, Dick C ? 0 ?
17 Prince, Joe WL ? 0 ?
1 Ricketts, Charlie (c) FPR ? 0 ?
23 Rusich, Les RO ? 1 ?
24 Saltau, Harry BPL ? 0 ?
19 Scobie, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce BPR ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill CHB ? 0 ?
21 Walsh, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 9

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Jack Worrall
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 H. Saltau 7 B. Deas 18 B. Sloss 5 F. Baring

20 B. Walker 2 L. Armstrong (vc) 12 J. Martin 1 A. Belcher (c)

FORWARD 16 P. Ogden

HALF-BACK



19 J. Scobie 20 B. Thomas 21 J. Walsh



18 P. Shea 27 F. Caine 11 J. Kirby



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



17 J. Prince 14 D. Mullaly 4 J. Caldwell



9 F. Kirkwood 17 B. Sewart 7 W. Chalmers FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 5 L. Charge

HALF-FORWARD 13 H. Milne

2 V. Belcher (vc) 9 B. Franks 6 F. Carpenter 23 L. Rusich

4 L. Bowe 10 D. Hanley 19 L. White



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 D. Casey 15 L. Mortimer 1 C. Ricketts (c)



14 G. McLeod 29 B. Griffith 25 J. O'Brien



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: Charlie Ricketts