1926 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1926 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round three of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. Wels Eicke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Wels Eicke.

Melbourne (17.17.119) defeated North Melbourne (14.5.89).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,495

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.17.119 - 14.5.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 7 . 10 15 . 12 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
North Melbourne 4 . 0 7 . 1 10 . 3 14 . 5 14 . 5 (89)
Margin NMLB by 1 MELB by 9 MELB by 39 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Bert Chadwick

North Melbourne

Captain: Wels Eicke
Coach: Wels Eicke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch
E: E. Payne

Umpire Replacements

E. Payne replaced A. Mutch.

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 6 ?
34 Duff, Dave ? ? 1 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 6 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 1 ?
21 O'Brien, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 2 ?
6 Veal, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 17 17

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Barnes, Harry ? ? 0 ?
13 Britt, Gerry ? ? 1 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
1 Eicke, Wels (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Goonan, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 3 ?
32 Kirkley, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
30 Lynch, Jack ? ? 4 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 4 ?
15 O'Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
21 Watson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 5

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