1930 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1930 between Essendon and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1930 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Norm Beckton captained the hosts. In the absence of Ivor Warne-Smith, vice-captain Dick Taylor captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Essendon (13.11.89) defeated Melbourne (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 August 1930
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 7 . 4 9 . 6 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 6 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 7 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin MELB by 21 ESSE by 5 MELB by 13 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Melbourne

Captain: Dick Taylor (acting)
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Murray

Boundary Umpires

A. Peters

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 4 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 4 ?
18 Glynn, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Gubbins, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
21 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
24 MacRae, Mal ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 3 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Jackson, Webber ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 1 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 7 ?
38 Moodie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Pemberton, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
30 Steel, Howard ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (ac) ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 7

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