1897 Round 14: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, August 7th, 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: unknown
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 8.8.56 - 6.3.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Essendon 1 . 2 1 . 2 4 . 2 6 . 3 6 . 3 (39)
Margin MEL by 8 MEL by 28 MEL by 24 MEL by 17 MEL by 17
Duration 25:00 25:00 25:00 25:00 1:40:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Essendon)
Captain(s): Ned Sutton (Melbourne), Gus Kearney (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Ivo Crapp
Goal Umpire(s): John Lucas, Richard Turpenny
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 1 ?
Healing, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Jenkyn, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 1 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George ? ? 1 ?
Robinson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sheahan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 1 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned ? ? 0 ?
Timothee, John ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 1 ?
Watson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 1 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Ball, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 1 ?
Brown, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Darcy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 1 ?
Kearney, Gus ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Moore, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Ned ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Stamp, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 3

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

Melbourne Coach: unknown
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Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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MEL 5.6.36 - 1.2.8 ??:??
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