1912 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1912 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round eighteen of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall.

Melbourne (9.14.68) defeated St Kilda (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 31 August 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 6,276

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 9.14.68 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
St Kilda 2 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 3 MELB by 17 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

St Kilda

Captain: unknown

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
J. Jones

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Brereton, Harry ? ? 1 ?
14 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 George, Alf (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Joolen, Herb ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Tim ? ? 1 ?
30 Maguire, Mick ? ? 2 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
17 Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
26 Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 Politz, Ted ? ? 2 ?
23 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 2 ?
31 Wellington, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 14

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baird, Des ? ? 1 ?
7 Best, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Booth, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Cumberland, Vic ? ? 1 ?
26 Doolan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Ebbott, Gil ? ? 0 ?
4 Eicke, Wels ? ? 0 ?
18 Hanson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
28 Harris, Dick ? ? 0 ?
25 Hattam, Harrie ? ? 0 ?
2 Lever, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Lynch, Phil ? ? 0 ?
8 Nehill, Basil ? ? 0 ?
12 Pierce, Bert ? ? 0 ?
27 Schmidt, Billy ? ? 4 ?
5 Sellars, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Artie ? ? 1 ?
17 Woodcock, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 7

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

Score Timeline

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