1920 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1920 between Essendon and Melbourne during round two of the 1920 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. Percy Ogden captained the hosts. George Heinz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Gerald Brosnan.

Essendon (9.11.65) were defeated by Melbourne (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1920 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 May 1920
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.11.65 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 7 . 4 8 . 11 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin level ESSE by 7 ESSE by 4 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Percy Ogden
Coach: Jack Worrall

Melbourne

Captain: George Heinz
Coach: Gerald Brosnan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beaumont

Goal Umpires

G. Fox

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 1 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Collins, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Cornall, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Donald, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
19 Dussell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
13 Fraser, Wally ? ? 1 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Robertson, Pat ? ? 0 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
24 Walker, Bob ? ? 1 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Brake, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Farrow, Alec ? ? 0 ?
14 Gray, Alec ? ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry ? ? 3 ?
15 Heinz, George (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Huntington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Hutcheson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Little, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Matthews, Herb ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Carroll, Joe ? ? 0 ?
12 Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 1 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
2 Tonkin, Eric ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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