1935 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1935 between Melbourne and Essendon during round one of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Colin Niven captained the hosts with Allan La Fontaine as vice-captain. Keith Forbes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Charlie May.

Melbourne (15.9.99) were defeated by Essendon (24.15.159).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 April 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,617

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 15.9.99 - 24.15.159

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 7 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Essendon 4 . 3 15 . 6 17 . 7 24 . 15 24 . 15 (159)
Margin MELB by 1 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven
Vice-Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Charlie May

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Frood

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 6 ?
15 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Crawford, Col ? ? 0 ?
25 Earle, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 12 ?
19 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
5 Hiskins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 2 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Slater, Syd ? ? 4 ?
18 Turner, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 24 15

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