1897 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1897 between Geelong and Essendon during round one of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. George Stuckey captained the visitors.

Geelong (3.6.24) were defeated by Essendon (7.5.47).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 May 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 3.6.24 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 0 0 . 4 1 . 5 3 . 6 3 . 6 (24)
Essendon 3 . 2 3 . 4 6 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

D. Elder
W. Goer

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 2 ?
Leahy, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Lucas, John ? ? 0 ?
Maguire, Tom ? ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McKay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Mullen, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Paterson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Pontin, Alf ? ? 1 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 1 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 2 ?
Darcy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Graham, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
McCormick, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Ned ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Salkeld, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 2 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 5

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

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE 0.0.0 - ?.?.? ??:??
ESSE 0.0.0 - ?.?.? ??:??
ESSE 0.0.0 - ?.?.? ??:??
ESSE 0.0.0 - ?.?.? ??:??
ESSE 0.0.0 - 3.2.20 ??:??
Q2 unknown behind 0.?.? - 3.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 0.?.? - 3.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 0.?.? - 3.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 0.?.? - 3.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 0.?.? - 3.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 0.4.4 - 3.4.22 ??:??
Q3 ?.?.? - ?.4.? ??:??
?.?.? - ?.4.? ??:??
?.?.? - ?.4.? ??:??
?.?.? - ?.4.? ??:??
1.5.11 - 6.4.40 ??:??
Q4 ?.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
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3.6.24 - 7.5.47 ??:??