1929 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1929 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round five of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Norm Beckton captained the hosts with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. Charlie Stanbridge captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Jim Caldwell.

Essendon (10.18.78) defeated South Melbourne (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 10.18.78 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 6 4 . 11 9 . 15 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
South Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin SMLB by 2 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Stanbridge
Coach: Jim Caldwell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. McNab

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 3 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
16 Payne, Roy ? ? 2 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 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) 10 18

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
16 Bollman, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Hillis, Ron ? ? 1 ?
32 Hutton, Rupe ? ? 1 ?
13 Le Brun, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
17 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
22 Petchell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Powell, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
25 Reville, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Richardson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Robertson, Austin ? ? 1 ?
9 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
26 Scott, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Stanbridge, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
34 Wheelahan, Danny ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 10

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