1925 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1925 between Essendon and Collingwood during round one of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Charlie Tyson captained the visitors with Harry Saunders as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Essendon (14.14.98) defeated Collingwood (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 2 May 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 14.14.98 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 9 . 10 11 . 13 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Collingwood 3 . 3 3 . 7 9 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Collingwood

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Vice-Captain: Harry Saunders
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy ? ? 4 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin ? ? 1 ?
20 McComb, Bert ? ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
25 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 2 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
2 Barry, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 2 ?
3 Burt, Syd ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 1 ?
10 Clayden, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Collier, Albert ? ? 1 ?
6 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
15 Lawn, Jim ? ? 2 ?
20 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
21 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Saunders, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
25 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 0 ?
28 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 13

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