1897 Round 1: South Melbourne v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, May 8th, 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: unknown
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 3.9.27 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 0 . 2 1 . 4 3 . 6 3 . 9 3 . 9 (27)
Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin MEL by 18 MEL by 17 MEL by 10 MEL by 17 MEL by 17
Duration 25:00 25:00 25:00 25:00 1:40:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): unknown (South Melbourne), unknown (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Bill Fraser (South Melbourne), Ned Sutton (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Thomas McCoy
Goal Umpire(s): Frederick Burton, John Elliott
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave CHB ? 0 ?
Adamson, Jack FPL ? 0 ?
Blackwood, Bill RU ? 0 ?
Burns, Allen HFFL ? 0 ?
Deas, Jack FPR ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill FF ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick RU ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom HBFL ? 0 ?
Howson, Bert WR ? 0 ?
McCartney, Charlie FB ? 0 ?
McKay, Dinny CHF ? 1 ?
Minahan, Mick HFFR ? 1 ?
O'Hara, Jim C ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry RU ? 1 ?
Sigmont, Fred BPL ? 0 ?
Southern, Jack WL ? 0 ?
Swannie, Archie BPR ? 0 ?
Waugh, Fred HBFR ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill RO ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 3 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Blackham, Fred BPR ? 0 ?
Fry, Herb RU ? 0 ?
Goding, Charlie HBFR ? 0 ?
Jenkyn, Edwin FPR ? 0 ?
Johnstone, George FPL ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFR ? 2 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill RU ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 1 ?
McLeod, Norm BPL ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry HFFL ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moysey, George CHF ? 0 ?
Robinson, Bert RU ? 1 ?
Sheahan, Fred WL ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally WR ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned FB ? 0 ?
Watson, Bert CHB ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf HBFL ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie FF ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 8

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

South Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
N. McLeod N. Sutton (c) F. Blackham B. Blackwood

J. Deas B. Fraser (c) J. Adamson D. Gibson

FORWARD M. Pleass

HALF-BACK H. Purdy

A. Wood B. Watson C. Goding B. Windley

M. Minahan D. McKay A. Burns



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



F. Sheahan A. Lewis W. Steele



B. Howson J. O'Hara J. Southern FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE H. Fry

HALF-FORWARD B. McCulloch

H. Mitchell G. Moysey J. Leith G. Moodie

F. Waugh D. Adamson T. Gilligan B. Robinson

HALF-BACK F. McGinis

FORWARD



G. Johnstone C. Young E. Jenkyn



A. Swannie C. McCartney F. Sigmont



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Charlie Young goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 ??:??
MEL Bill McCulloch behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 ??:??
MEL Jack Leith behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 ??:??
MEL Jack Leith goal 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 ??:??
SOU Jack Deas behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 ??:??
SOU Bill Windley behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 ??:??
MEL Jack Leith goal 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 ??:??
Q2 MEL Fred McGinis goal 0.2.2 - 4.2.26 ??:??
SOU Mick Minahan behind 0.3.3 - 4.2.26 ??:??
SOU Harry Purdy behind 0.4.4 - 4.2.26 ??:??
MEL Charlie Young behind 0.4.4 - 4.3.27 ??:??
SOU Dinny McKay goal 1.4.10 - 4.3.27 ??:??
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3.6.24 - 5.4.34 ??:??
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3.9.27 - 6.8.44 ??:??