1931 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1931 between St Kilda and Essendon during round one of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Harold Matthews captained the hosts. Garnet Campbell captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

St Kilda (13.14.92) defeated Essendon (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 13.14.92 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Essendon 4 . 0 7 . 7 8 . 13 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin STKL by 12 STKL by 1 STKL by 10 STKL by 12 STKL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Harold Matthews
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Essendon

Captain: Garnet Campbell
Vice-Captain: Joe Hammond
Coach: Garnet Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Boundary Umpires

F. Woosnam

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paddy Walsh ESSE 28 3
Fred Phillips STKL 3 2
Lloyd Jones STKL 4 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Chapman, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Comte, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Fogarty, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Forbes, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 4 ?
29 Hindson, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
23 Hutchesson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Jones, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
6 Keddie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Loveless, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 3 ?
11 Matthews, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 5 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Roberts, William ? ? 0 ?
27 Scanlon, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 6 ?
35 Gomez, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
13 Le Brun, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 MacRae, Mal ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Rennie, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Russell, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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