1912 VFL Season Semi Final 2: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 1912 between South Melbourne and Essendon in the second semi final of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. In the absence of Charlie Ricketts, vice-captain Vic Belcher captained the hosts. Allan Belcher captained the visitors with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Ricketts and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

South Melbourne (6.6.42) were defeated by Essendon (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 September 1912
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,290

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 6.6.42 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 1 6 . 2 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Vic Belcher (acting)
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
F. Sigmont

Boundary Umpires

L. Stainsby
F. Winslow

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic (ac) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bower, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Carpenter, Fred ? ? 4 ?
22 Casey, Dick ? ? 0 ?
5 Charge, Les ? ? 1 ?
7 Deas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Deas, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Franks, Bert ? ? 1 ?
10 Grimshaw, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Milne, Herbert ? ? 0 ?
17 Prince, Joe ? ? 0 ?
23 Rusich, Les ? ? 0 ?
24 Saltau, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Scobie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Sloss, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
25 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
20 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 1 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Caine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 3 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 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

Score Timeline

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