1927 VFL Season Round 8: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1927 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round eight of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Horrie Mason captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by George Heinz and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

St Kilda (8.7.55) were defeated by Melbourne (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 June 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Melbourne 1 . 1 9 . 6 12 . 8 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin STKL by 25 MELB by 27 MELB by 27 MELB by 50 MELB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Horrie Mason
Coach: George Heinz

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Barlow

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 0 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
3 Dalton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Forty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 2 ?
28 Gunnyon, Wal ? ? 0 ?
26 Hepburn, Stan ? ? 1 ?
23 Hutchesson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Keddie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Leaper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
14 Lomer, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Harold ? ? 0 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 1 ?
9 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
4 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 0 ?
25 Sanneman, Ed ? ? 1 ?
19 Scully, Frank ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
20 Meade, Les ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 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