1929 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1929 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Norm Beckton captained the hosts with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. Charles Chapman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Jim Freake.

Essendon (18.25.133) defeated Fitzroy (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 June 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.25.133 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 9 . 11 12 . 18 18 . 25 18 . 25 (133)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 6 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin FITZ by 4 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Charles Chapman
Coach: Jim Freake

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Beckham, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Buckley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Chapman, Charles (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Hickey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
10 Killeen, Paul ? ? 0 ?
22 McCaffrey, Tom ? ? 1 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
8 Niven, Colin ? ? 1 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 2 ?
19 Sharp, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
4 Stott, Norm ? ? 2 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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