1927 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1927 between Essendon and Melbourne during round four of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Maher and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Essendon (8.12.60) were defeated by Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 May 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.12.60 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 7 7 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 7 MELB by 9 MELB by 18 MELB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Boyd, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Carruthers, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 1 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Kavanagh, Ben ? ? 2 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 3 ?
33 Dick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 1 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 3 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 12

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