1926 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1926 between Geelong and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Geelong (10.10.70) were defeated by Essendon (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 September 1926
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,662

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 10.10.70 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Essendon 5 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 9 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 2 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 1 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Jockie ? ? 2 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 2 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 1 ?
30 Taylor, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 4 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 3 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Shorten, Teddy ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 5 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 17 15

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