1927 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1927 between Essendon and St Kilda during round sixteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Horrie Mason captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Maher and the visitors were coached by George Heinz.

Essendon (9.18.72) defeated St Kilda (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 27 August 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 9.18.72 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 4 . 7 7 . 13 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
St Kilda 2 . 1 4 . 5 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

St Kilda

Captain: Horrie Mason
Coach: George Heinz

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 1 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 1 ?
16 Dodd, Rupe ? ? 1 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 1 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 2 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 3 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 18

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bahen, Con ? ? 0 ?
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 1 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
29 Fidler, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Gunnyon, Wal ? ? 0 ?
17 Hayhow, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Hutchesson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Keddie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Leaper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
14 Lomer, George ? ? 2 ?
30 Lucas, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 Matthews, Harold ? ? 0 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 1 ?
9 Phillips, Fred ? ? 1 ?
4 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 0 ?
25 Sanneman, Ed ? ? 0 ?
20 Wyatt, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 6

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