1926 VFL Season Round 16: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1926 between St Kilda and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Bill Cubbins captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Clark and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

St Kilda (2.11.23) were defeated by Essendon (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 2.11.23 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 3 2 . 7 2 . 8 2 . 11 2 . 11 (23)
Essendon 3 . 1 6 . 4 10 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 72 ESSE by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Bill Cubbins
Coach: Norm Clark

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rowe

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Arthur, Vin ? ? 0 ?
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 0 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
24 Cormack, Eric ? ? 0 ?
1 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Dunstan, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gunnyon, Wal ? ? 0 ?
26 Hepburn, Stan ? ? 0 ?
3 Kuhl, Harry ? ? 0 ?
36 Lakin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Lucas, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 O'Brien, Dermot ? ? 0 ?
27 Scott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Sharpe, Lew ? ? 0 ?
15 Shelton, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Shelton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Trainor, Luke ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Gosling, Dick ? ? 1 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 1 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
16 Shorten, Teddy ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 3 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 11

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