1929 VFL Season Round 16: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1929 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Charlie Stanbridge captained the hosts. Norm Beckton captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Fred Fleiter and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

South Melbourne (14.10.94) defeated Essendon (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 August 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.10.94 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 4 7 . 4 12 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin ESSE by 4 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Stanbridge
Coach: Fred Fleiter (caretaker)

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Barnes, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Brain, Terry ? ? 1 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Hogg, Len ? ? 2 ?
7 Hogg, Syd ? ? 1 ?
10 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
17 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 Pettiona, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
5 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Powell, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
25 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
30 Robertson, Austin ? ? 6 ?
9 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
26 Scott, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Stanbridge, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
16 Wildie, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 4 ?
15 Gomez, Frank ? ? 1 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 6 ?
18 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
16 Payne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 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