1923 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1923 between Essendon and Geelong during round eight of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Syd Barker captained the hosts with Jimmy Sullivan as vice-captain. Bert Rankin captained the visitors with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Bert Taylor.

Essendon (14.13.97) defeated Geelong (8.6.54).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 June 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 14.13.97 - 8.6.54

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	4	.	3	6	.	4	10	.	7	14	.	13	14	.	13	(97)
Geelong	1	.	4	2	.	6	6	.	6	8	.	6	8	.	6	(54)
Margin	ESSE by 17			ESSE by 22			ESSE by 25			ESSE by 43			ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Bert Rankin
Vice-Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Bert Taylor

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
1	Barker, Syd (c)	RU	?	0	?
3	Beckton, Norm	BPR	?	1	?
22	Callahan, Joe	CHF	?	0	?
2	Donaldson, Clyde	BPL	?	0	?
28	Garden, Jack	WL	?	0	?
13	Harrison, Joe	HBFL	?	0	?
4	Hayes, Bill	RU	?	0	?
7	Hunter, Harry	FB	?	0	?
18	Irwin, Vince	HBFR	?	1	?
21	Jenkins, Tommy	FPL	?	1	?
15	Laing, Roy	CHB	?	0	?
24	Maher, Frank	RO	?	0	?
27	Marchesi, Val	HFFR	?	0	?
14	May, Charlie	C	?	0	?
30	Shorten, George	FPR	?	1	?
25	Stockdale, Greg	FF	?	8	?
8	Sullivan, Jimmy (vc)	WR	?	0	?
10	Watt, Rowley	HFFL	?	2	?
Rushed					?
Total (18 players)				14	13

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
8	Coghlan, Arthur	HBFL	?	0	?
4	Dunstone, Jack	HBFR	?	0	?
11	Fleming, Eric	HFFR	?	0	?
20	Greeves, Edward	FPL	?	3	?
14	Hagger, Lloyd	CHF	?	0	?
18	Jones, Jockie	RO	?	0	?
23	Jorgensen, Frank	HFFL	?	0	?
12	Mathieson, Jim	RU	?	0	?
24	McCarter, Billy	BPR	?	0	?
27	Nicolson, Ken	RU	?	0	?
1	Pink, Arthur	FPR	?	1	?
13	Plane, Charlie	BPL	?	0	?
2	Rankin, Bert (c)	C	?	0	?
6	Rankin, Cliff (vc)	FF	?	4	?
16	Smith, Les	WR	?	0	?
15	Stevenson, Ted	WL	?	0	?
21	Thomas, Stan	FB	?	0	?
19	Todd, George	CHB	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (18 players)				8	6

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
	13	C. Plane	21	S. Thomas	24	B. McCarter	1	S. Barker (c)
	30	G. Shorten	25	G. Stockdale	21	T. Jenkins	4	B. Hayes
FORWARD							24	F. Maher
HALF-BACK
	8	A. Coghlan	19	G. Todd	4	J. Dunstone
	27	V. Marchesi	22	J. Callahan	10	R. Watt
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	T. Stevenson	2	B. Rankin (c)	16	L. Smith
	8	J. Sullivan (vc)	14	C. May	28	J. Garden	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							12	J. Mathieson
HALF-FORWARD							27	K. Nicolson
	23	F. Jorgensen	14	L. Hagger	11	E. Fleming	18	J. Jones
	18	V. Irwin	15	R. Laing	13	J. Harrison
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	20	E. Greeves	6	C. Rankin (vc)	1	A. Pink
	3	N. Beckton	7	H. Hunter	2	C. Donaldson
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Bert Taylor

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