1912 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1912 between Melbourne and Essendon during round seven of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. Allan Belcher captained the visitors with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Melbourne (8.6.54) were defeated by Essendon (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Monday 3 June 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,085

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.6.54 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 5 . 1 7 . 3 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Essendon 5 . 4 9 . 8 11 . 10 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Murphy

Goal Umpires

C. Buckley
F. Franks

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Brereton, Harry ? ? 4 ?
14 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Francis, Bert ? ? 0 ?
3 George, Alf (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Joolen, Herb ? ? 1 ?
12 Kennedy, Mal ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
17 Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 Nolan, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
25 Politz, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 6

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 ?
27 Caine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 3 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 1 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 5 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 3 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 12

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