1897 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1897 between Collingwood and Geelong during round three of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Billy Strickland captained the hosts with Bill Proudfoot as vice-captain. Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.

Collingwood (6.5.41) defeated Geelong (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 May 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 6.5.41 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood	1	.	1	3	.	3	4	.	5	6	.	5	6	.	5	(41)
Geelong	2	.	3	2	.	5	3	.	7	5	.	7	5	.	7	(37)
Margin	GEEL by 8			COLL by 4			COLL by 4			COLL by 4			COLL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Callesen, George	?	?	2	?
	Condon, Dick	?	?	0	?
	Dow, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Dowdall, Harry	?	?	0	?
	Dowdall, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Gibbs, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Gillard, Wal	?	?	0	?
	Gregory, Jim	?	?	1	?
	Hailwood, Frank	?	?	0	?
	McDonald, Rhoda	?	?	0	?
	Monohan, Jack	?	?	0	?
	O'Brien, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Pannam, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Paterson, Tom	?	?	0	?
	Proudfoot, Bill (vc)	?	?	0	?
	Smith, Archie	?	?	2	?
	Strickland, Billy (c)	?	?	0	?
	Tame, Alby	?	?	0	?
	Tulloch, Lardie	?	?	1	?
	Williams, George	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				6	5

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Brockwell, Sam	?	?	0	?
	Burns, Peter	?	?	0	?
	Coles, Charlie	?	?	1	?
	Conway, Jack (c)	?	?	0	?
	Enfield, Stan	?	?	0	?
	Flynn, Jim	?	?	1	?
	Holligan, Teddy	?	?	0	?
	James, Eddy	?	?	0	?
	Maguire, Tom	?	?	0	?
	McCallum, Firth	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Henry	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Jim	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Joe (vc)	?	?	2	?
	Parkin, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Pincott, Billy	?	?	0	?
	Pontin, Alf	?	?	0	?
	Quinn, Jack	?	?	1	?
	Rankin, Teddy	?	?	0	?
	Thompson, Archie	?	?	0	?
	Young, Henry	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	7

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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	unknown goal	6.5.41	-	5.7.37	??:??

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1897 VFL Season

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