1915 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1915 between Essendon and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1915 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts. Jack McKenzie captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Jack McKenzie.

Essendon (10.15.75) defeated Melbourne (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1915 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 August 1915
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 10.15.75 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 7 . 7 7 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Melbourne 3 . 7 4 . 8 7 . 14 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin MELB by 12 ESSE by 17 MELB by 4 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Melbourne

Captain: Jack McKenzie
Coach: Jack McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Delaney

Goal Umpires

C. Foletta
W. Miller

Boundary Umpires

J. Doherty
D. McKay

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
24 Condon, Jim ? ? 2 ?
27 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Feehan, Harold ? ? 0 ?
15 Garden, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntosh, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Moore, Flurence ? ? 1 ?
26 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
6 Pollard, Tom ? ? 1 ?
12 Richardson, Ned ? ? 2 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 3 ?
25 Walker, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Allen, Bill ? ? 1 ?
11 Baquie, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Brake, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Brereton, Harry ? ? 3 ?
26 Bryan, Claude ? ? 0 ?
15 Buckley, Ed ? ? 0 ?
27 Doubleday, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Elston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 George, Alf ? ? 0 ?
19 Gibb, Reg ? ? 0 ?
28 Huntington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Johnston, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
6 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 McKenzie, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 McQuade, Martin ? ? 0 ?
26 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
20 Walker, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 14

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