1926 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 October 1926 between Melbourne and Essendon in the final of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Melbourne (6.6.42) defeated Essendon (5.9.39).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 October 1926
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,162

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 6.6.42 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Essendon 1 . 6 2 . 7 4 . 8 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin ESSE by 5 MELB by 3 MELB by 9 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
34 Duff, Dave ? ? 3 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Shorten, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 4 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 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