1912 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1912 between Collingwood and Essendon during round two of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Jock McHale captained the hosts with Jim Sharp as vice-captain. Allan Belcher captained the visitors with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Collingwood (6.17.53) were defeated by Essendon (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 May 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 6.17.53 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 3 5 . 8 6 . 15 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Essendon 1 . 1 6 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin COLL by 20 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Jock McHale
Vice-Captain: Jim Sharp
Coach: Jock McHale

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
J. Lucas

Boundary Umpires

J. Dwyer
G. McCall

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibb, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Gibb, Percy ? ? 0 ?
3 Gilchrist, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
4 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hughes, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Jackson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
13 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Lowe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 McHale, Jock (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Minogue, Dan ? ? 0 ?
20 Rowan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
18 Rowell, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Ryan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
21 Sadler, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Sharp, Jim (vc) ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilkinson, Art ? ? 1 ?
24 Wilson, Percy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Armstrong, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) ? ? 1 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Busbridge, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
Godfrey, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 1 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 1 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 1 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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