1931 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1931 between Essendon and Melbourne during round two of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Garnet Campbell captained the hosts with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Garnet Campbell and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Essendon (12.5.77) defeated Melbourne (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 12.5.77 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 4 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin MELB by 3 ESSE by 3 MELB by 7 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rowe

Boundary Umpires

A. Duke

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ray Usher MELB 34 3
Ivor Warne-Smith MELB 14 2
Joe Hammond ESSE 20 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 4 ?
35 Gomez, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 4 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 1 ?
21 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
24 MacRae, Mal ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 2 ?
6 Rennie, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 5

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Crapper, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 3 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Steel, Howard ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 1 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

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