1930 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1930 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round five of the 1930 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Norm Beckton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

South Melbourne (6.15.51) were defeated by Essendon (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 May 1930
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 6.15.51 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 0 . 5 1 . 10 5 . 14 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Essendon 2 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. McDermott

Boundary Umpires

J. Drysdale

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hogg, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 1 ?
10 Jordan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
17 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Pettiona, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
11 Pratt, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Richardson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Robertson, Austin ? ? 2 ?
20 Shapter, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Troughton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 3 ?
35 Gomez, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Gubbins, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 2 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

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