1897 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1897 between South Melbourne and Carlton during round two of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Carlton at Lakeside Oval. Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain. Jimmy Aitken captained the visitors with Ernie Walton as vice-captain.

South Melbourne (6.4.40) defeated Carlton (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 15 May 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 6.4.40 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 3 2 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 4 6 . 4 (40)
Carlton 1 . 1 2 . 2 2 . 3 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin SMLB by 8 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 25 SMLB by 4 SMLB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Carlton

Captain: Jimmy Aitken
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

W. Bruton
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Blackwood, Bill FPL ? 1 ?
Deas, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill (c) FF ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom HFFL ? 0 ?
Howson, Bert WL ? 0 ?
McCartney, Charlie CHB ? 0 ?
McKay, Dinny HFFR ? 3 ?
Minahan, Mick CHF ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Jim C ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry RU ? 0 ?
Sigmont, Fred RU ? 0 ?
Swannie, Archie FPR ? 1 ?
Thomas, Alb WR ? 0 ?
Toms, Eddie HBFL ? 0 ?
Waugh, Fred HBFR ? 0 ?
Williamson, George BPR ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill RO ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 4

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aitken, Jimmy (c) HFFR ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Bob WL ? 0 ?
Cameron, Bob RU ? 1 ?
Casey, Bill WR ? 0 ?
Chapman, Sam RU ? 0 ?
Cummins, Arthur HFFL ? 0 ?
Dunne, Henry BPL ? 0 ?
Gyles, Harry RU ? 0 ?
Hannah, Brook RO ? 0 ?
Heffernan, Ted RU ? 0 ?
Howard, Harry FB ? 0 ?
McPetrie, Henry FPL ? 2 ?
O'Cock, Wally FF ? 1 ?
Paterson, Alby C ? 0 ?
Paton, Joe FPR ? 0 ?
Reekie, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
Sweatman, Charlie CHF ? 1 ?
Walton, Ernie (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
Weir, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
Williams, Peter HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 6

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

Player Line-Up

South Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
H. Dunne H. Howard B. Weir D. Gibson (vc)

A. Swannie B. Fraser (c) B. Blackwood M. Pleass

FORWARD H. Purdy

HALF-BACK F. Sigmont

P. Williams E. Walton (vc) J. Reekie B. Windley

D. McKay M. Minahan T. Gilligan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



B. Armstrong A. Paterson B. Casey



A. Thomas J. O'Hara B. Howson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE B. Cameron

HALF-FORWARD S. Chapman

A. Cummins C. Sweatman J. Aitken (c) H. Gyles

F. Waugh C. McCartney E. Toms T. Heffernan

HALF-BACK B. Hannah

FORWARD



H. McPetrie W. O'Cock J. Paton



G. Williamson F. O'Hara J. Deas



BACK



Carlton Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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CARL Henry Dunne behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 ??:??
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