1919 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1919 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round five of the 1919 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at East Melbourne. Roy Laing captained the hosts. Jim Caldwell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Bert Howson.

Essendon (7.8.50) were defeated by South Melbourne (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 May 1919
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
South Melbourne 1 . 8 2 . 9 6 . 15 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin level ESSE by 9 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 20 SMLB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Roy Laing
Coach: Jack Worrall

South Melbourne

Captain: Jim Caldwell
Coach: Bert Howson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinkwater, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 Dussell, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
28 McDonald, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 1 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
10 Sutherland, Syd ? ? 0 ?
7 Wade, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
26 Wollacott, Bertie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Belcher, Vic ? ? 1 ?
6 Caldwell, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Carpenter, Fred ? ? 3 ?
9 Daly, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Doherty, Jock ? ? 1 ?
13 Froud, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Hiskins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
16 Hynes, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
17 Laird, Chris ? ? 0 ?
18 Lugg, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 Makin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
25 Pearson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
21 Purdy, Harry ? ? 1 ?
23 Robertson, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Skehan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
27 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 Turner, Chip ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 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