1930 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1930 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1930 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. Norm Beckton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Melbourne (17.12.114) defeated Essendon (11.22.88).

Match Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 June 1930
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,344

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 17.12.114 - 11.22.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 2 7 . 4 11 . 10 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Essendon 3 . 5 7 . 14 9 . 20 11 . 22 11 . 22 (88)
Margin MELB by 15 ESSE by 10 MELB by 2 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain: Dick Taylor
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

M. Conniff

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
37 Cassidy, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Crapper, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Cutler, Bill ? ? 1 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
7 Driver, Vince ? ? 0 ?
24 Jackson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 11 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 2 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 3 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 3 ?
16 Gubbins, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 MacRae, Mal ? ? 1 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 22

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