1920 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1920 between Geelong and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1920 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Alec Eason captained the hosts. Percy Ogden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Eason and the visitors were coached by Percy Ogden.

Geelong (14.10.94) defeated Essendon (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1920 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 August 1920
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 14.10.94 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 8 . 2 10 . 5 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Essendon 3 . 3 4 . 9 7 . 12 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin ESSE by 1 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Alec Eason
Coach: Alec Eason

Essendon

Captain: Percy Ogden
Coach: Percy Ogden (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beaumont

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Clemenger, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Eason, Alec (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Gross, Vic ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 2 ?
9 Johns, Alwyn ? ? 1 ?
22 Jones, Jockie ? ? 0 ?
16 Kearney, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Mellan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Moulden, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Murrell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Peck, Eric ? ? 0 ?
13 Rankin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff ? ? 9 ?
23 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Sharland, Wally ? ? 2 ?
8 Smith, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Collins, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Cornall, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
25 Donnelly, Andy ? ? 0 ?
19 Dussell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Faulkner, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 1 ?
13 Fraser, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
20 McDonald, Frank ? ? 7 ?
21 McFadyen, Hector ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Ogden, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 13

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