1915 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1915 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eight of the 1915 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Jack McKenzie captained the hosts. Allan Belcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Melbourne (10.12.72) defeated Essendon (6.17.53).

Match Details

Season: 1915 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 June 1915
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 8,914

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 10.12.72 - 6.17.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 7 6 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Essendon 5 . 8 5 . 10 6 . 15 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 7 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Jack McKenzie
Coach: Jack McKenzie

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

E. Barter
M. Minahan

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
J. Doherty

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Allen, Bill ? ? 2 ?
10 Brake, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Brereton, Harry ? ? 1 ?
26 Bryan, Claude ? ? 0 ?
4 Collins, Tim ? ? 0 ?
27 Doubleday, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Fraser, Alex ? ? 0 ?
29 George, Alf ? ? 0 ?
14 Gray, Alec ? ? 0 ?
1 Hassett, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
28 Huntington, Jack ? ? 3 ?
25 Incigneri, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Lowell, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
18 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
3 McKenzie, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Park, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Donald, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
9 Feehan, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Martyn, Perc ? ? 2 ?
2 McIntosh, Fred ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
29 Rogers, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
8 Wade, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
25 Walker, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 17

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