1912 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1912 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at East Melbourne. In the absence of Allan Belcher, vice-captain Lou Armstrong captained the hosts. Charlie Ricketts captained the visitors with Vic Belcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Charlie Ricketts.

Essendon (7.10.52) were defeated by South Melbourne (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 July 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.10.52 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
South Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 7 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Lou Armstrong (acting)
Coach: Jack Worrall

South Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Murphy

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
F. Sigmont

Boundary Umpires

B. McNamara
L. Stainsby

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (ac) ? ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
29 Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
26 Harvey, Billy ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 5 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 1 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 10

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bower, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Casey, Dick ? ? 2 ?
5 Charge, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert ? ? 2 ?
11 Hiskins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Milne, Herbert ? ? 2 ?
15 Mortimer, Len ? ? 1 ?
14 Mullaly, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 Prince, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Ricketts, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Rusich, Les ? ? 2 ?
24 Saltau, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Scobie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 11

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