1923 VFL Round 8: Essendon v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1923 between Essendon and Geelong during round 8 of the 1923 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill.
Syd Barker captained the hosts.
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
Back:
C. Donaldson, H. Hunter, N. Beckton
Half-back:
J. Harrison, R. Laing, V. Irwin
Centre:
J. Garden, C. May, J. Sullivan
Half-forward:
R. Watt, J. Callahan, V. Marchesi
Forward:
T. Jenkins, G. Stockdale, G. Shorten
Follower:
S. Barker (capt.), B. Hayes, F. Maher
Geelong
Back:
C. Plane, S. Thomas, B. McCarter
Half-back:
A. Coghlan, G. Todd, J. Dunstone
Centre:
T. Stevenson, B. Rankin (capt.), L. Smith
Half-forward:
F. Jorgensen, L. Hagger, E. Fleming
Forward:
E. Greeves, C. Rankin (vice-capt.), A. Pink
Follower:
J. Mathieson, K. Nicolson, J. Jones
Essendon (14.13.97) defeated Geelong (8.6.54).
Goalkickers
Essendon: G. Stockdale (8), R. Watt (2), N. Beckton, V. Irwin, T. Jenkins, G. Shorten
Geelong: C. Rankin (4), E. Greeves (3), A. Pink
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Syd Barker
(Essendon),
Bert Taylor
(Geelong)
Captains:
Syd Barker
(Essendon),
Bert Rankin
(Geelong)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Essendon),
Cliff Rankin
(Geelong)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
L. Netherton
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 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 | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Watt, Rowley | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 14 | 13 | |||
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 13 | C. Plane | 21 | S. Thomas | 24 | B. McCarter | 1 | S. Barker (c) |
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| 30 | G. Shorten | 25 | G. Stockdale | 21 | T. Jenkins | 4 | B. Hayes |
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| 8 | A. Coghlan | 19 | G. Todd | 4 | J. Dunstone |
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| 27 | V. Marchesi | 22 | J. Callahan | 10 | R. Watt |
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| 15 | T. Stevenson | 2 | B. Rankin (c) | 16 | L. Smith |
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| 8 | J. Sullivan | 14 | C. May | 28 | J. Garden | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 12 | J. Mathieson |
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| HALF-FORWARD | 27 | K. Nicolson |
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| 23 | F. Jorgensen | 14 | L. Hagger | 11 | E. Fleming | 18 | J. Jones |
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| 18 | V. Irwin | 15 | R. Laing | 13 | J. Harrison |
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| 20 | E. Greeves | 6 | C. Rankin (vc) | 1 | A. Pink |
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| 3 | N. Beckton | 7 | H. Hunter | 2 | C. Donaldson |
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| Geelong | Coach: Bert Taylor | ||||||||||||||