1925 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1925 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Wels Eicke captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wels Eicke and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

North Melbourne (5.17.47) were defeated by Essendon (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 May 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 5.17.47 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 6 2 . 11 4 . 15 5 . 17 5 . 17 (47)
Essendon 2 . 1 7 . 3 10 . 6 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin NMLB by 5 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wels Eicke
Coach: Wels Eicke

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Frimley

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Clapson, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Eicke, Wels (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Giles, Archie ? ? 0 ?
16 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
5 Goonan, Alf ? ? 2 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
30 Lynch, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Melville, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 1 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Rutley, Fred ? ? 1 ?
9 Shorten, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 17

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 ? ? 1 ?
4 Hardy, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 0 ?
21 Jenkins, Tommy ? ? 9 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin ? ? 0 ?
6 Rawle, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 10

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