1931 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1931 between Melbourne and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. Garnet Campbell captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

Melbourne (11.6.72) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 August 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,828

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 11.6.72 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 6 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin ESSE by 5 MELB by 12 MELB by 16 MELB by 1 MELB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Percy Beames MELB 24 3
Howard Okey ESSE 2 2
Jimmy Davidson MELB 29 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
37 Cassidy, George ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Cutler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Gough, Lew ? ? 0 ?
28 Jackson, Webber ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 7 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Frank ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 1 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 4 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 1 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 4 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 0 ?
13 Le Brun, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Payne, Roy ? ? 1 ?
6 Rennie, Les ? ? 0 ?
Roberts, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 11

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