1919 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1919 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nine of the 1919 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. Roy Laing captained the hosts. George Heinz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by George Heinz.

Essendon (16.17.113) defeated Melbourne (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 June 1919
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 16.17.113 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 7 . 10 11 . 14 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 69 ESSE by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Roy Laing
Coach: Jack Worrall

Melbourne

Captain: George Heinz
Coach: George Heinz

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Collins, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Donald, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinkwater, Bert ? ? 3 ?
21 Dunn, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 Dussell, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 7 ?
15 Laing, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 2 ?
18 Robertson, Pat ? ? 1 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
10 Sutherland, Syd ? ? 0 ?
24 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
26 Wollacott, Bertie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Baquie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Brunier, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Connors, Matt ? ? 0 ?
14 Gray, Alec ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Hore, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 House, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Huntington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Landy, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
31 Little, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 Love, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Love, Percy ? ? 0 ?
6 Matthews, Herb ? ? 1 ?
20 Mawhinney, Alec ? ? 0 ?
4 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Salvado, Alex ? ? 1 ?
2 Tonkin, Eric ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 8

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