1927 VFL Season Round 17: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1927 between Collingwood and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Maher.

Collingwood (3.13.31) defeated Essendon (4.6.30).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 September 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 3.13.31 - 4.6.30

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 0 . 1 0 . 4 1 . 8 3 . 13 3 . 13 (31)
Essendon 2 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 16 COLL by 1 COLL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Ernie Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
13 Lauder, Albert ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Morelli, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
22 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 13

Essendon

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