1930 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1930 between Footscray and Essendon during round two of the 1930 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Allan Hopkins captained the hosts with Norm Woodman as vice-captain. Norm Beckton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Hopkins and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Footscray (10.14.74) defeated Essendon (9.4.58).

Match Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 May 1930
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 9.4.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 3 7 . 9 9 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Essendon 0 . 0 4 . 1 6 . 1 9 . 4 9 . 4 (58)
Margin FOOT by 39 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Norm Woodman
Coach: Allan Hopkins

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Murray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
21 Coppock, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Greenwood, Richard ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 2 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
12 Robbins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Sampson, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Shade, Eric ? ? 2 ?
10 Stanley, George ? ? 1 ?
6 Warden, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
2 Woodman, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Bertram, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Gubbins, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 2 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 1 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
35 Sevior, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 4

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