1929 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1929 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nine of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Norm Beckton captained the hosts with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Essendon (11.10.76) were defeated by Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 June 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.10.76 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 5 10 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 6 9 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 7 ESSE by 4 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Brandon

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Martin, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
16 Payne, Roy ? ? 3 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
37 Cassidy, George ? ? 2 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
7 Driver, Vince ? ? 0 ?
22 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
24 Haw, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
25 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 6 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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