1923 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1923 between Essendon and St Kilda during round one of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Syd Barker captained the hosts with Jimmy Sullivan as vice-captain. Dave McNamara captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Dave McNamara.

Essendon (15.13.103) defeated St Kilda (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 5 May 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 15.13.103 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 9 9 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
St Kilda 4 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 11 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin STKL by 1 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Syd Barker
Vice-Captain: Jimmy Sullivan
Coach: Syd Barker

St Kilda

Captain: Dave McNamara
Coach: Dave McNamara

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Adam, Ken BPL ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred FB ? 0 ?
1 Barker, Syd (c) RU ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 1 ?
22 Callahan, Joe CHF ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPR ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WL ? 0 ?
33 Hardy, Charlie RO ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy FPR ? 1 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFR ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank HFFR ? 0 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin FPL ? 3 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg FF ? 10 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy (vc) WR ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley HFFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Carr, Barney C ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill CHB ? 0 ?
14 De Garis, Rex WR ? 1 ?
11 Eicke, Wels HFFR ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril HBFL ? 0 ?
17 Harper, Ray BPR ? 0 ?
18 James, Jack RO ? 0 ?
12 Jenkins, Jimmy RU ? 2 ?
20 Lamplough, Orville HFFL ? 0 ?
8 Lenne, Bert FB ? 0 ?
3 MacKenzie, Aubrey RU ? 2 ?
9 Mason, Horrie WL ? 0 ?
1 McNamara, Dave (c) CHF ? 1 ?
10 Milne, Jimmy BPL ? 0 ?
6 Moyes, Harry FF ? 1 ?
21 Reynolds, Les FPL ? 0 ?
15 Tymms, Bill FPR ? 1 ?
5 Watson, Colin HBFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 12

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Syd Barker
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 J. Milne 8 B. Lenne 17 R. Harper 1 S. Barker (c)

21 T. Jenkins 25 G. Stockdale 16 J. McCarthy 3 N. Beckton

FORWARD 33 C. Hardy

HALF-BACK



7 C. Gambetta 2 B. Cubbins 5 C. Watson



24 F. Maher 22 J. Callahan 10 R. Watt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 H. Mason 13 B. Carr 14 R. De Garis



8 J. Sullivan (vc) 14 C. May 28 J. Garden FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 J. Jenkins

HALF-FORWARD 3 A. MacKenzie

20 O. Lamplough 1 D. McNamara (c) 11 W. Eicke 18 J. James

15 R. Laing 6 T. Fitzmaurice 11 C. Farrell



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 L. Reynolds 6 H. Moyes 15 B. Tymms



2 C. Donaldson 5 F. Baring 26 K. Adam



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Dave McNamara