1912 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1912 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts. Bill Eason captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Bill Eason.

Essendon (7.7.49) were defeated by Geelong (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 25 May 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 7.7.49 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 8 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Geelong

Captain: Bill Eason
Coach: Bill Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
F. Sigmont

Boundary Umpires

J. Kennedy
F. Pierce

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Armstrong, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 2 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Busbridge, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Caine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
26 Harvey, Billy ? ? 1 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Monteith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 7

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Brownlees, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
5 Dalton, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Alec ? ? 0 ?
6 Eason, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Freeman, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Gray, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
12 Healy, Leo ? ? 0 ?
13 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Marsham, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Martin, Len ? ? 0 ?
15 Martini, Percy ? ? 2 ?
17 Orchard, Billy ? ? 2 ?
22 Pender, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Schofield, Bert ? ? 1 ?
19 Slater, Joe ? ? 1 ?
20 Watt, Jack ? ? 1 ?
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