1912 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1912 between Essendon and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. Alf George captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Alec Hall.

Essendon (9.8.62) defeated Melbourne (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 9.8.62 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

S. Chapman
J. Lucas

Boundary Umpires

J. Kennedy
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) ? ? 2 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
29 Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Kyme, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 1 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 2 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Brereton, Harry ? ? 2 ?
14 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Flintoft, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 George, Alf (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Joolen, Herb ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Tim ? ? 1 ?
30 Maguire, Mick ? ? 1 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
17 Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
23 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
24 Strong, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Sykes, Wally ? ? 2 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 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