1897 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1897 between Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Ned Sutton captained the hosts. Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.

Melbourne (9.10.64) defeated Geelong (3.1.19).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 15 May 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 9.10.64 - 3.1.19

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Geelong 0 . 0 1 . 1 1 . 1 3 . 1 3 . 1 (19)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 27 MELB by 54 MELB by 45 MELB by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Smith

Goal Umpires

J. Elliott
W. Goer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Blackham, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Fry, Herb ? ? 1 ?
Goding, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
Jenkyn, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 1 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George ? ? 1 ?
Robinson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sheahan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Watson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Geelong

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

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