1921 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1921 between Essendon and Collingwood during round four of the 1921 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at East Melbourne. Percy Ogden captained the hosts with Roy Laing as vice-captain. Dick Lee captained the visitors with Les Hughes as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Percy Ogden and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Essendon (7.12.54) were defeated by Collingwood (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1921 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 28 May 1921
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: East Melbourne
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.12.54 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 7 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Collingwood 4 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 12 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin COLL by 19 COLL by 20 COLL by 29 COLL by 17 COLL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Percy Ogden
Vice-Captain: Roy Laing
Coach: Percy Ogden

Collingwood

Captain: Dick Lee
Vice-Captain: Les Hughes
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Boundary Umpires

J. Bruce

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Bell, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
22 Collins, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
7 Fehring, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gardiner, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
12 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
20 McDonald, Frank ? ? 2 ?
16 Ogden, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
4 Wardley, Tom ? ? 0 ?
17 Woodfield, Les ? ? 2 ?
14 Zinnick, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Buck, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Drummond, Tom ? ? 0 ?
10 Hammond, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Hughes, Les (vc) ? ? 1 ?
21 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Lee, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
14 Ludbrooke, Len ? ? 1 ?
17 McCarthy, Con ? ? 1 ?
18 Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Rowe, Percy ? ? 1 ?
22 Saunders, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Seddon, Mal ? ? 0 ?
21 Sheehy, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
26 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 17

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