1929 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1929 between Geelong and Essendon during round six of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Arthur Coghlan captained the hosts. Norm Beckton captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Arthur Coghlan and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Geelong (7.13.55) were defeated by Essendon (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Monday 3 June 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 13,250

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 7.13.55 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 1 4 . 9 4 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Essendon 4 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin ESSE by 28 GEEL by 1 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Arthur Coghlan
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bumpstead, Ewen ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 3 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Lancaster, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
8 Llewellyn, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 2 ?
12 Vautier, Len ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 4 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
1 Martin, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
16 Payne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 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