1912 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1912 between Carlton and Essendon in the final of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at the MCG. Jack Wells captained the hosts. Allan Belcher captained the visitors with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Clark and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Carlton (6.12.48) were defeated by Essendon (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 September 1912
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,414

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 6.12.48 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 5 1 . 7 4 . 10 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jack Wells
Coach: Norm Clark

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

C. Buckley
F. Sigmont

Boundary Umpires

W. Roy
L. Stainsby

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baquie, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Barningham, Alex ? ? 0 ?
19 Bruce, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Challis, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Clancy, Tom ? ? 0 ?
18 Dick, Billy ? ? 0 ?
13 Gardiner, Vin ? ? 1 ?
30 Gillespie, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Green, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Haughton, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Marchbank, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 McDonald, Andy ? ? 0 ?
11 McGregor, Rod ? ? 0 ?
24 Mills, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
7 Moran, Richard ? ? 2 ?
6 Valentine, Viv ? ? 2 ?
8 Wells, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 3 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Caine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 10

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