1921 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1921 between Melbourne and Essendon during round ten of the 1921 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Percy Wilson captained the hosts. Percy Ogden captained the visitors with Roy Laing as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Percy Wilson and the visitors were coached by Percy Ogden.

Melbourne (7.12.54) were defeated by Essendon (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1921 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 July 1921
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 7,783

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 7.12.54 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 3 5 . 7 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Essendon 4 . 4 6 . 9 9 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Wilson
Coach: Percy Wilson

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
30 Bourke, Pat ? ? 0 ?
23 Boyd, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 Farrow, Alec ? ? 1 ?
2 Flanagan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry ? ? 5 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
21 House, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Lethlean, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Matthews, Herb ? ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 Wilson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd ? ? 3 ?
23 Bell, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Hardy, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
1 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Maynard, Dick ? ? 0 ?
20 McDonald, Frank ? ? 5 ?
16 Ogden, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Ross, Ray ? ? 1 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
4 Wardley, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 Zinnick, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 14

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