1925 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1925 between Essendon and Footscray during round three of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Con McCarthy captained the visitors with Vic Samson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Con McCarthy.

Essendon (16.15.111) defeated Footscray (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 May 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 32,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 16.15.111 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 9 . 5 14 . 11 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Footscray 1 . 0 3 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin ESSE by 27 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Vic Samson
Coach: Con McCarthy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rowe

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Adam, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hardy, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 3 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy ? ? 7 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 McComb, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bayliss, George ? ? 1 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Fraser, Wally ? ? 0 ?
3 Garlick, George ? ? 1 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 1 ?
17 Harrison, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 2 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Meuleman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Mullens, Tom ? ? 2 ?
4 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Punch, Les ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 1 ?
28 Sherman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Zinnick, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 9

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