1929 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1929 between Essendon and Footscray during round two of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Norm Beckton captained the hosts with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Arthur Stevens as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Alec Eason.

Essendon (17.10.112) defeated Footscray (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 May 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 17.10.112 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 12 . 6 15 . 8 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Footscray 4 . 1 8 . 3 12 . 5 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Vice-Captain: Joe Hammond
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Arthur Stevens
Coach: Alec Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rodwell

Goal Umpires

B. Briscoe

Boundary Umpires

N. Begg

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
9 Cross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 9 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 2 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 3 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 17 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 5 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
17 Spurling, Bill ? ? 2 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (vc) ? ? 2 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Webb, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Wunhym, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 8

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