1924 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1924 between Geelong and Essendon during round four of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Lloyd Hagger captained the hosts. Syd Barker captained the visitors with Frank Maher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Lloyd Hagger and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Geelong (8.12.60) were defeated by Essendon (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 May 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 8.12.60 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 2 . 6 5 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Essendon 4 . 0 7 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lloyd Hagger
Coach: Lloyd Hagger

Essendon

Captain: Syd Barker
Vice-Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Petrie

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Chambers, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
8 Coghlan, Arthur HBFL ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric CHF ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward C ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd (c) FF ? 5 ?
4 Hall, Syd WL ? 0 ?
18 Jones, Jockie FPR ? 1 ?
25 Kroger, Max CHB ? 0 ?
10 Mathieson, Jim RU ? 0 ?
24 McCarter, Billy BPL ? 0 ?
27 Nicolson, Ken HFFR ? 1 ?
1 Pink, Arthur RO ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff HFFL ? 0 ?
22 Sharland, Wally RU ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les WR ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted FPL ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan HBFR ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George FB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd (c) FPL ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet WR ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPL ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie HBFR ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WL ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry BPR ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry FB ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince HFFL ? 1 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy FPR ? 3 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFL ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (vc) RO ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin CHF ? 0 ?
6 Rawle, George RU ? 2 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFR ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg FF ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 8

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: Lloyd Hagger
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 C. Donaldson 7 H. Hunter 12 H. Gregory 10 J. Mathieson

18 J. Jones 14 L. Hagger (c) 15 T. Stevenson 22 W. Sharland

FORWARD 1 A. Pink

HALF-BACK



15 R. Laing 6 T. Fitzmaurice 11 C. Farrell



27 K. Nicolson 11 E. Fleming 6 C. Rankin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 J. Garden 14 C. May 17 G. Campbell



16 L. Smith 20 E. Greeves 4 S. Hall FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 3 N. Beckton

HALF-FORWARD 6 G. Rawle

18 V. Irwin 16 J. McCarthy 30 G. Shorten 24 F. Maher (vc)

21 S. Thomas 25 M. Kroger 8 A. Coghlan



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 S. Barker (c) 25 G. Stockdale 21 T. Jenkins



30 J. Chambers 19 G. Todd 24 B. McCarter



BACK



Essendon Coach: Syd Barker