1926 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1926 between Footscray and Essendon during round four of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Cassidy and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Footscray (7.5.47) were defeated by Essendon (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 7.5.47 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 5 . 3 5 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Essendon 0 . 4 2 . 6 4 . 10 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 15 level ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Jim Cassidy

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Clissold, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 2 ?
32 Howell, Gus ? ? 1 ?
35 Johns, Harry ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
5 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
34 Sharpley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 5

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin ? ? 1 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 13

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