1927 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1927 between Essendon and Footscray during round twelve of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Maher and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Essendon (12.19.91) defeated Footscray (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 12.19.91 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 8 4 . 11 8 . 16 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Footscray 2 . 1 6 . 6 8 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 7 FOOT by 7 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 1 ?
18 Carruthers, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Dodd, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 3 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 5 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
24 Glover, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 1 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 9

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