1931 VFL Season Round 3: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1931 between Carlton and Essendon during round three of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Ray Brew captained the hosts. In the absence of Garnet Campbell, vice-captain Joe Hammond captained the visitors with Keith Forbes as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

Carlton (18.18.126) defeated Essendon (5.14.44).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 18.18.126 - 5.14.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 14 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Essendon 1 . 1 1 . 7 4 . 9 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Margin CARL by 32 CARL by 43 CARL by 53 CARL by 82 CARL by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ray Brew
Coach: Dan Minogue

Essendon

Captain: Joe Hammond (acting)
Vice-Captain: Keith Forbes (acting)
Coach: Garnet Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Boundary Umpires

G. Threlfall

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Alf Egan CARL 27 3
Bruce Anderson ESSE 16 2
Joe Kelly CARL 7 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Allen, Les ? ? 6 ?
30 Arthur, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Brew, Ray (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Brooks, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Clarke, Ansell ? ? 4 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
23 Crowe, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Davey, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
3 Downs, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
19 Doyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
27 Egan, Alf ? ? 1 ?
6 Gilby, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
32 O'Rourke, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Scharp, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Coulsell, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (avc) ? ? 1 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 1 ?
35 Gomez, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (ac) ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 MacRae, Mal ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Rennie, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Ryan, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 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