1927 VFL Season Round 13: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1927 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Frank Maher.

North Melbourne (7.8.50) were defeated by Essendon (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 7.8.50 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Essendon 2 . 2 3 . 6 5 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin ESSE by 8 NMLB by 3 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Syd Barker

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Britt, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
8 Lowe, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
25 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
McCabe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 McDowell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Sullivan, Jack ? ? 3 ?
5 Pitchford, Mac ? ? 0 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Stevens, Bill ? ? 3 ?
33 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
18 Carruthers, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 2 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 1 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 2 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 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