1925 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1925 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Wels Eicke captained the visitors with Billy Smith as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Wels Eicke.

Essendon (14.19.103) defeated North Melbourne (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 August 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.19.103 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 8 . 10 11 . 14 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
North Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 5 5 . 8 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

North Melbourne

Captain: Wels Eicke
Vice-Captain: Billy Smith
Coach: Wels Eicke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 5 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 19

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Britt, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
1 Eicke, Wels (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Giles, Archie ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 1 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
3 Lindsay, Duncan ? ? 0 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
30 Lynch, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 McIntosh, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 3 ?
32 Nolan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Billy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
21 Watson, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Wood, Joe ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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