1929 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1929 between Essendon and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Norm Beckton captained the hosts. Arthur Coghlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Arthur Coghlan.

Essendon (7.11.53) defeated Geelong (6.15.51).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 August 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 7.11.53 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 3 . 5 4 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Geelong 2 . 5 3 . 7 5 . 12 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin ESSE by 2 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 11 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Geelong

Captain: Arthur Coghlan
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Clarke

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 1 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 0 ?
15 Gomez, Frank ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 2 ?
1 Martin, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
18 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
16 Payne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
4 Lancaster, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
8 Llewellyn, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Plunkett, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Stokes, Mac ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Welsh, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 15

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