1931 VFL Season Round 18: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1931 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Glenferrie Oval. In the absence of John Harris, vice-captain Ernie Utting captained the hosts. Garnet Campbell captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Harris and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

Hawthorn (8.15.63) were defeated by Essendon (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 September 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 8.15.63 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 2 2 . 8 3 . 9 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 4 8 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Ernie Utting (acting)
Coach: John Harris

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Boundary Umpires

T. O'Brien

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bill Carey HWTH 14 3
Bruce Anderson ESSE 16 2
Ernie Utting HWTH 28 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, George HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Carey, Bill FB ? 0 ?
31 Chandler, Bert HFFL ? 0 ?
24 Chandler, Dick FF ? 3 ?
Colling, Cliff WR ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Norm C ? 0 ?
3 Daffey, Mark RO ? 0 ?
29 Fisher, Stan HBFR ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim WL ? 0 ?
20 Hyde, Bert CHF ? 3 ?
12 Mills, Bert CHB ? 0 ?
26 Murphy, Leo BPR ? 0 ?
8 Sellers, Bob RU ? 0 ?
Spinks, Stan SUB ? 0 ?
6 Stewart, Alex FPR ? 1 ?
18 Stewart, Frank FPL ? 0 ?
9 Stewart, Stuart RU ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Ernie (ac) BPL ? 0 ?
17 Ware, Walter HFFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 2 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
13 Le Brun, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Payne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Roberts, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Russell, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
12 Ryan, John ? ? 2 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 12

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: John Harris
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






8 B. Sellers S. Spinks
6 A. Stewart 24 D. Chandler 18 F. Stewart 9 S. Stewart

FORWARD 3 M. Daffey

HALF-BACK













17 W. Ware 20 B. Hyde 31 B. Chandler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













C. Colling 2 N. Collins 10 J. Francis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













29 S. Fisher 12 B. Mills 27 G. Bennett



HALF-BACK



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26 L. Murphy 14 B. Carey 28 E. Utting (ac)



BACK



Essendon Coach: Garnet Campbell