1927 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1927 between Essendon and Geelong during round seven of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Maher and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Essendon (9.10.64) were defeated by Geelong (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 11 June 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 9.10.64 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 4 . 1 4 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
16 Dodd, Rupe ? ? 2 ?
21 Gosling, Dick ? ? 3 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Irving, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 10

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 1 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Lucas, Rod ? ? 1 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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