1923 VFL Season Round 5: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1923 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round five of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Dave McNamara captained the hosts. Percy Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dave McNamara and the visitors were coached by Percy Wilson.

St Kilda (8.15.63) were defeated by Melbourne (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 June 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.15.63 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 10 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Melbourne 1 . 2 7 . 5 12 . 7 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin STKL by 10 MELB by 10 MELB by 27 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Dave McNamara
Coach: Dave McNamara

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Wilson
Coach: Percy Wilson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

V. Maguire

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Carlyon, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 De Garis, Rex ? ? 0 ?
11 Eicke, Wels ? ? 0 ?
17 Harper, Ray ? ? 0 ?
18 James, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Jenkins, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
8 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
3 MacKenzie, Aubrey ? ? 0 ?
9 Mason, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
1 McNamara, Dave (c) ? ? 3 ?
10 Milne, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Officer, Bert ? ? 1 ?
21 Reynolds, Les ? ? 2 ?
22 Sullivan, Gene ? ? 1 ?
28 Ward, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Watson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Flanagan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Makin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 2 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 2 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 4 ?
20 Wilson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Percy (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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