1926 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1926 between Essendon and St Kilda during round five of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Bill Cubbins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Norm Clark.

Essendon (13.7.85) defeated St Kilda (5.8.38).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 29 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 13.7.85 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
St Kilda 4 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin STKL by 13 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

St Kilda

Captain: Bill Cubbins
Coach: Norm Clark

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Wilkinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 4 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 5 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 7

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 0 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
1 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
29 Fidler, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 1 ?
28 Gunnyon, Wal ? ? 0 ?
26 Hepburn, Stan ? ? 0 ?
3 Kuhl, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Lucas, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Harold ? ? 0 ?
32 May, Len ? ? 0 ?
5 Palmer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
4 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 0 ?
27 Scott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Shelton, Jack ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 8

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