1924 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1924 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round one of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Wels Eicke captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wels Eicke and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

St Kilda (12.12.84) defeated Melbourne (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 April 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 12.12.84 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 2 4 . 7 8 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Melbourne 2 . 8 5 . 11 10 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 10 MELB by 13 STKL by 2 STKL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Wels Eicke
Coach: Wels Eicke

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Archer, Tim ? ? 0 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
4 Cubbins, Bill ? ? 5 ?
16 Dore, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Eicke, Wels (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
23 Grounds, Housie ? ? 2 ?
18 James, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Jenkins, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
2 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
3 MacKenzie, Aubrey ? ? 0 ?
6 Milne, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
10 Officer, Bert ? ? 4 ?
14 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Reynolds, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Robbins, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Tampling, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 Watson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Donaldson, Eric ? ? 0 ?
33 Dunbar, Edgar ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
6 Egan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliman, Dave ? ? 6 ?
2 Flanagan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
31 Glasscock, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 1 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 1 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 2 ?
25 Wilson, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 16

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