1915 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1915 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round six of the 1915 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts. Vic Belcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Essendon (8.7.55) were defeated by South Melbourne (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 1915 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 May 1915
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 0 5 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
South Melbourne 1 . 10 1 . 13 6 . 16 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin SMLB by 10 ESSE by 14 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

South Melbourne

Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

J. Smith
L. Thomas

Boundary Umpires

B. Payne
R. Treloar

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Comber, Charles ? ? 0 ?
27 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
30 Gove, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntosh, Fred ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Connor, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 1 ?
6 Pollard, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Rogers, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
12 Shearer, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Wade, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
25 Walker, Bill ? ? 3 ?
14 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 7

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Belcher, Vic (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Bollard, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Bradford, Norm ? ? 2 ?
4 Daly, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Deas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Doherty, Jock ? ? 0 ?
12 Hiskins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Morgan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 Mullaly, Dick ? ? 0 ?
34 O'Donoghue, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Payne, George ? ? 1 ?
20 Rademacher, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Stewart, Jim ? ? 1 ?
27 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
30 Thomas, Claude ? ? 0 ?
10 Willis, Carl ? ? 0 ?
3 Wootton, Stan ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 16

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