1924 VFL Round 3: Essendon v South Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1924 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round 3 of the 1924 VFL season.
Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill.
Syd Barker captained the hosts with Frank Maher as vice-captain.
Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.
Essendon
Back:
C. Donaldson, H. Hunter, H. Gregory
Half-back:
R. Laing, T. Fitzmaurice, J. Harrison
Centre:
R. Watt, C. May, G. Campbell
Half-forward:
V. Irwin, J. McCarthy, G. Shorten
Forward:
T. Jenkins, G. Stockdale, S. Barker (capt.)
Follower:
N. Beckton, G. Rawle, F. Maher (vice-capt.)
South Melbourne
Back:
C. McDonald, L. Woodfield, C. Nicholls
Half-back:
F. Laird, A. Hando, J. Scanlan
Centre:
T. Joyce, P. Scanlan (capt.), J. O'Connell
Half-forward:
B. Sutton, M. Brown, R. Cazaly
Forward:
B. Condon, T. Johnson, B. Allison
Follower:
H. Alexander, F. Fleiter, M. Tandy
Essendon (12.13.85) defeated South Melbourne (8.11.59).
Goalkickers
Essendon: T. Jenkins (5), F. Maher (3), G. Stockdale (3), N. Beckton
South Melbourne: B. Allison (3), T. Johnson (2), M. Brown, R. Cazaly, M. Tandy
As a result of this match, Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 7th) and South Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1924 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Essendon
v
South Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 10 May 1924
Time:
2:45 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
25,000
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
South Melbourne
Score:
12.13.85 - 8.11.59
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 3 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 3 | 12 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 13 | 12 | . | 13 | (85) |
| South Melbourne | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 6 | 5 | . | 9 | 8 | . | 11 | 8 | . | 11 | (59) |
| Margin | ESSE by 4 | ESSE by 15 | ESSE by 40 | ESSE by 26 | ESSE by 26 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Syd Barker
(Essendon),
Charlie Pannam
(South Melbourne)
Captains:
Syd Barker
(Essendon),
Paddy Scanlan
(South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Frank Maher
(Essendon),
unknown
(South Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Clarke
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 1 | Barker, Syd (c) | FPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Beckton, Norm | RU | ? | 1 | ? |
| 17 | Campbell, Garnet | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Donaldson, Clyde | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Fitzmaurice, Tom | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Gregory, Harry | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 13 | Harrison, Joe | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Hunter, Harry | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Irwin, Vince | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Jenkins, Tommy | FPL | ? | 5 | ? |
| 15 | Laing, Roy | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Maher, Frank (vc) | RO | ? | 3 | ? |
| 14 | May, Charlie | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | McCarthy, Justin | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Rawle, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Shorten, George | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Stockdale, Greg | FF | ? | 3 | ? |
| 10 | Watt, Rowley | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 12 | 13 | |||
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 3 | Alexander, Harold | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Allison, Bobby | FPR | ? | 3 | ? |
| 14 | Brown, Martin | CHF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 11 | Cazaly, Roy | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 21 | Condon, Bill | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Fleiter, Fred | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Hando, Arthur | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Johnson, Ted | FF | ? | 2 | ? |
| 15 | Joyce, Tom | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Laird, Frank | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | McDonald, Charles | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Nicholls, Charlie | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | O'Connell, Jack | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Scanlan, Joe | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Scanlan, Paddy (c) | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Sutton, Bert | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Tandy, Mark | RO | ? | 1 | ? |
| 29 | Woodfield, Les | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 8 | 11 | |||
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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| 28 | C. McDonald | 29 | L. Woodfield | 25 | C. Nicholls | 3 | N. Beckton |
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| 1 | S. Barker (c) | 25 | G. Stockdale | 21 | T. Jenkins | 6 | G. Rawle |
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| FORWARD | 24 | F. Maher (vc) |
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| 12 | F. Laird | 9 | A. Hando | 18 | J. Scanlan |
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| 30 | G. Shorten | 16 | J. McCarthy | 18 | V. Irwin |
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| 15 | T. Joyce | 1 | P. Scanlan (c) | 26 | J. O'Connell |
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| 17 | G. Campbell | 14 | C. May | 10 | R. Watt | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 3 | H. Alexander |
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| HALF-FORWARD | 7 | F. Fleiter |
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| 30 | B. Sutton | 14 | M. Brown | 11 | R. Cazaly | 2 | M. Tandy |
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| 13 | J. Harrison | 6 | T. Fitzmaurice | 15 | R. Laing |
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| 21 | B. Condon | 23 | T. Johnson | 4 | B. Allison |
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| 12 | H. Gregory | 7 | H. Hunter | 2 | C. Donaldson |
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| South Melbourne | Coach: Charlie Pannam | ||||||||||||||