1926 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1926 between Collingwood and Essendon during round two of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Charlie Tyson captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Collingwood (6.11.47) were defeated by Essendon (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 6.11.47 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 3 3 . 6 4 . 7 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Essendon 2 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 11 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Coach: Jock McHale

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

B. Briscoe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
10 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
16 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Saunders, Harry ? ? 0 ?
21 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Stainsby, Les ? ? 3 ?
22 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 0 ?
25 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 11

Essendon

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

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