1897 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1897 between Collingwood and St Kilda during round one of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted St Kilda at Victoria Park. Billy Strickland captained the hosts with Bill Proudfoot as vice-captain. Billy Shaw captained the visitors with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain.

Collingwood (5.11.41) defeated St Kilda (2.4.16).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 May 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. St Kilda
Score: 5.11.41 - 2.4.16

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 9 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
St Kilda 1 . 0 2 . 2 2 . 4 2 . 4 2 . 4 (16)
Margin COLL by 1 COLL by 13 COLL by 17 COLL by 25 COLL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Callesen, George ? ? 0 ?
Condon, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Dow, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Dowdall, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Gibbs, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Gillard, Wal ? ? 0 ?
Gregory, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Hailwood, Frank ? ? 1 ?
McDonald, Rhoda ? ? 1 ?
Monohan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
O'Brien, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Paterson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Poole, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Proudfoot, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Sime, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Strickland, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Tulloch, Lardie ? ? 1 ?
Williams, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 11

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Ahern, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Aylwin, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Bedford, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Beggs, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Danny ? ? 1 ?
Dunne, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Gower, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Hay, Algy ? ? 0 ?
Jones, Ernest ? ? 0 ?
Lowe, Arch ? ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Newton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
O'Grady, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Reg ? ? 1 ?
Turner, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 4

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

Score Timeline

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COLL 5.11.41 - 2.4.16 ??:??