1929 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1929 between Footscray and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. In the absence of Allan Hopkins, vice-captain Arthur Stevens captained the hosts. Norm Beckton captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alec Eason and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Footscray (11.11.77) were defeated by Essendon (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 July 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 11.11.77 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 5 . 9 7 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Essendon 3 . 7 4 . 11 7 . 18 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin ESSE by 4 FOOT by 4 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Stevens (acting)
Coach: Alec Eason

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Jones

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
12 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 5 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
20 Robbins, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shade, Eric ? ? 1 ?
14 Sharpe, Lew ? ? 1 ?
15 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (ac) ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 Walshe, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 3 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 0 ?
18 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
16 Payne, Roy ? ? 1 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
24 Sarsfield, Vern ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 18

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