1912 VFL Season Round 4: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1912 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Charlie Ricketts captained the hosts with Vic Belcher as vice-captain. Allan Belcher captained the visitors with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Ricketts and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

South Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by Essendon (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 May 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.8.56 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 5 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Essendon 1 . 2 2 . 5 6 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin SMLB by 2 SMLB by 6 level ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

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

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Nugent

Goal Umpires

S. Chapman
F. Franks

Boundary Umpires

L. Stainsby
F. Winslow

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bower, George ? ? 1 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred ? ? 1 ?
5 Charge, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Deas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert ? ? 1 ?
10 Grimshaw, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Hiskins, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
13 Milne, Herbert ? ? 0 ?
15 Mortimer, Len ? ? 2 ?
14 Mullaly, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Ricketts, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Rusich, Les ? ? 1 ?
19 Scobie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
25 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 8

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 ? ? 1 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 1 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 4 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Monteith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Worle, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 8

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