1926 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1926 between Essendon and Melbourne during round eight of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Essendon (10.9.69) were defeated by Melbourne (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 June 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 0 6 . 3 9 . 5 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Melbourne 1 . 3 5 . 5 10 . 9 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 4 MELB by 10 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Orchard

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 3 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 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 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 2 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 4 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 3 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 2 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Veal, Jim ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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