1927 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1927 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Frank Maher.

Footscray (10.3.63) were defeated by Essendon (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 April 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 10.3.63 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 3 . 2 3 . 3 10 . 3 10 . 3 (63)
Essendon 5 . 3 8 . 6 15 . 11 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 80 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Birnstihl, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 2 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 2 ?
11 Johns, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 3 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 2 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Ulbrick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Wunhym, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 3

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Carruthers, Bruce ? ? 4 ?
16 Dodd, Rupe ? ? 1 ?
1 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
14 Vickers, Bill ? ? 3 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 5 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 14

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