1935 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1935 between Essendon and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts. In the absence of Colin Niven, vice-captain Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (10.14.74) were defeated by Melbourne (12.21.93).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.14.74 - 12.21.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 9 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Melbourne 4 . 12 4 . 12 10 . 20 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Margin MELB by 16 ESSE by 25 MELB by 10 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Charlie May

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Scott

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
29 Asling, Frank ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
11 Crawford, Col ? ? 0 ?
2 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 5 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Mathews, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Milne, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Billy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 3 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (ac) ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 21

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