1924 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1924 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Syd Barker captained the visitors with Frank Maher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Melbourne (5.12.42) were defeated by Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 June 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,769

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 5.12.42 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 8 1 . 10 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Essendon 4 . 1 6 . 2 10 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Clarke

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Abernethy, Jim FPL ? 0 ?
7 Anthony, Mick WR ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) CHB ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack WL ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob C ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry FB ? 0 ?
30 Donaldson, Eric HBFR ? 0 ?
33 Dunbar, Edgar BPR ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh RU ? 0 ?
11 Elliman, Dave FPR ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry FF ? 3 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek HFFL ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill RU ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie BPL ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick RO ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy CHF ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan HFFR ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Adam, Ken HBFL ? 0 ?
1 Barker, Syd (c) FPL ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 0 ?
22 Callahan, Joe CHF ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet WL ? 1 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPL ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe BPR ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry FB ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince FF ? 4 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy FPR ? 2 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFR ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (vc) RO ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
6 Rawle, George RU ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFR ? 1 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy HFFL ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Gordon Rattray
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 C. Donaldson 7 H. Hunter 13 J. Harrison 28 H. Dunbar

11 D. Elliman 5 H. Harker 14 J. Abernethy 13 B. Shelton

FORWARD 35 D. Taylor

HALF-BACK



26 K. Adam 6 T. Fitzmaurice 15 R. Laing



1 S. Wittman 18 P. Tulloh 16 D. Mollison



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



17 G. Campbell 14 C. May 10 R. Watt



7 M. Anthony 12 B. Corbett 10 J. Collins FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 3 N. Beckton

HALF-FORWARD 6 G. Rawle

8 J. Sullivan 22 J. Callahan 30 G. Shorten 24 F. Maher (vc)

30 E. Donaldson 17 B. Chadwick (c) 8 C. Lilley



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 S. Barker (c) 18 V. Irwin 21 T. Jenkins



33 E. Dunbar 19 H. Coy 9 C. Streeter



BACK



Essendon Coach: Syd Barker