1926 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1926 between Essendon and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Harry Saunders.

Essendon (18.15.123) defeated Footscray (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 18.15.123 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 10 . 8 14 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Footscray 0 . 2 5 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Harry Saunders (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Jepson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 3 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 1 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 1 ?
26 Edward, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Gosling, Dick ? ? 3 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 1 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 6 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 18 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
20 Anthony, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 3 ?
28 Crellin, Bertie ? ? 0 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 0 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
21 Freyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
Knott, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 McGlone, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 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