1914 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1914 between Melbourne and Essendon during round five of the 1914 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Len Incigneri captained the hosts. Allan Belcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Incigneri and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Melbourne (5.7.37) were defeated by Essendon (5.24.54).

Match Details

Season: 1914 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 May 1914
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 7,758

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 5.7.37 - 5.24.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 3 1 . 5 3 . 6 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Essendon 1 . 4 3 . 11 3 . 18 5 . 24 5 . 24 (54)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Len Incigneri
Coach: Len Incigneri

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

P. Devine
W. Lindsey

Boundary Umpires

W. Naismith
F. Winslow

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Britter, Harry ? ? 1 ?
4 Colee, Percy ? ? 2 ?
7 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Gordon, Vic ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Alec ? ? 0 ?
15 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
28 Incigneri, Len (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Lowell, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
17 Lugton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
27 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
2 Quinn, Billy ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Trahair, Bert ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Woolley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Armstrong, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Armstrong, Lou ? ? 1 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
29 Caine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 1 ?
12 Elkington, Henry ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 1 ?
23 King, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
25 Walker, Bill ? ? 1 ?
3 Webster, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 24

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