1923 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1923 between Geelong and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Bert Rankin captained the hosts with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. Syd Barker captained the visitors with Jimmy Sullivan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Taylor and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Geelong (9.6.60) were defeated by Essendon (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 September 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 9.6.60 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	1	.	1	5	.	2	5	.	2	9	.	6	9	.	6	(60)
Essendon	3	.	4	4	.	7	7	.	14	8	.	14	8	.	14	(62)
Margin	ESSE by 15			GEEL by 1			ESSE by 24			ESSE by 2			ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

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

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
4	Dunstone, Jack	HBFL	?	0	?
11	Fleming, Eric	CHF	?	1	?
20	Greeves, Edward	FPR	?	1	?
14	Hagger, Lloyd	FF	?	3	?
31	Hudd, Bill	BPL	?	0	?
9	Johns, Keith	RU	?	0	?
23	Jorgensen, Frank	HFFR	?	1	?
25	Keane, Bill	FPL	?	1	?
24	McCarter, Billy	BPR	?	0	?
27	Nicolson, Ken	HBFR	?	0	?
1	Pink, Arthur	RO	?	0	?
13	Plane, Charlie	RU	?	2	?
2	Rankin, Bert (c)	C	?	0	?
6	Rankin, Cliff (vc)	HFFL	?	0	?
16	Smith, Les	WR	?	0	?
15	Stevenson, Ted	WL	?	0	?
21	Thomas, Stan	FB	?	0	?
19	Todd, George	CHB	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (18 players)				9	6

Essendon

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

Player Line-Up

Geelong							Coach: Bert Taylor
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	C. Donaldson	7	H. Hunter	26	K. Adam	9	K. Johns
	20	E. Greeves	14	L. Hagger	25	B. Keane	13	C. Plane
FORWARD							1	A. Pink
HALF-BACK
	15	R. Laing	6	T. Fitzmaurice	11	C. Farrell
	23	F. Jorgensen	11	E. Fleming	6	C. Rankin (vc)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	28	J. Garden	14	C. May	8	J. Sullivan (vc)
	16	L. Smith	2	B. Rankin (c)	15	T. Stevenson	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							1	S. Barker (c)
HALF-FORWARD							3	N. Beckton
	10	R. Watt	18	V. Irwin	30	G. Shorten	24	F. Maher
	27	K. Nicolson	19	G. Todd	4	J. Dunstone
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	22	J. Callahan	25	G. Stockdale	16	J. McCarthy
	24	B. McCarter	21	S. Thomas	31	B. Hudd
BACK
Essendon							Coach: Syd Barker

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