1924 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1924 between Essendon and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Syd Barker captained the hosts with Frank Maher as vice-captain. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Essendon (12.10.82) were defeated by Melbourne (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 September 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.10.82 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 6 . 6 11 . 7 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Melbourne 3 . 3 10 . 5 12 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin ESSE by 8 MELB by 23 MELB by 9 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. McKinnon

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd (c) BPR ? 1 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 1 ?
22 Callahan, Joe CHF ? 0 ?
19 Cookson, Bill FF ? 1 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPL ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie HBFR ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WR ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry FB ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy FPR ? 4 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFL ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (vc) RO ? 0 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin FPL ? 2 ?
6 Rawle, George RU ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFL ? 2 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg HFFR ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Abernethy, Jim HFFL ? 2 ?
7 Anthony, Mick WR ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) RU ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob HBFL ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry WL ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy RO ? 0 ?
Davie, Harry FF ? 4 ?
30 Donaldson, Eric FB ? 0 ?
33 Dunbar, Edgar RU ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh CHF ? 3 ?
15 Heinz, George FPR ? 1 ?
16 Mollison, Derek CHB ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick C ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted HBFR ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy FPL ? 3 ?
1 Wittman, Stan HFFR ? 0 ?
Wright, Max BPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 12

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

Essendon Coach: Syd Barker
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
M. Wright 30 E. Donaldson 10 J. Collins 3 N. Beckton

21 T. Jenkins 19 B. Cookson 16 J. McCarthy 6 G. Rawle

FORWARD 24 F. Maher (vc)

HALF-BACK



12 B. Corbett 16 D. Mollison 3 T. Thomas



25 G. Stockdale 22 J. Callahan 30 G. Shorten



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



19 H. Coy 35 D. Taylor 7 M. Anthony



28 J. Garden 14 C. May 10 R. Watt FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 B. Chadwick (c)

HALF-FORWARD 33 E. Dunbar

14 J. Abernethy 28 H. Dunbar 1 S. Wittman 29 J. Davidson

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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 P. Tulloh H. Davie 15 G. Heinz



1 S. Barker (c) 7 H. Hunter 2 C. Donaldson



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Gordon Rattray