1918 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1918 between Essendon and St Kilda during round two of the 1918 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at East Melbourne. Percy Ogden captained the hosts. Harry Lever captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Jimmy Smith.

Essendon (8.13.61) defeated St Kilda (6.18.54).

Match Details

Season: 1918 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 May 1918
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 8.13.61 - 6.18.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 8 6 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
St Kilda 3 . 6 3 . 6 6 . 11 6 . 18 6 . 18 (54)
Margin STKL by 10 ESSE by 14 STKL by 3 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Percy Ogden
Coach: Jack Worrall

St Kilda

Captain: Harry Lever
Coach: Jimmy Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 Condon, Jim ? ? 2 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 Furlong, Phil ? ? 3 ?
6 Hall, Norm ? ? 2 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
23 McInerney, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Ned ? ? 0 ?
28 Sawyer, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
13 Sinclair, Col ? ? 0 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
22 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Wylie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Atkins, Bert ? ? 1 ?
25 Berry, Reg ? ? 1 ?
12 Bowden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Boyd, Les ? ? 1 ?
28 Buntine, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
14 Cazaly, Roy ? ? 1 ?
8 Dangerfield, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
23 Hannan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Horsenail, Harry ? ? 1 ?
18 James, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Lang, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
1 Lever, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Maloney, Pat ? ? 0 ?
10 Ostberg, Roy ? ? 1 ?
7 Schmidt, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Turnbull, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Turnbull, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 18

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