1897 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1897 between Essendon and Carlton during round three of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts. Jimmy Aitken captained the visitors with Ernie Walton as vice-captain.

Essendon (12.6.78) defeated Carlton (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Monday 24 May 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 12.6.78 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 8 . 2 11 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Carlton 1 . 0 3 . 4 3 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin ESSE by 26 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

Carlton

Captain: Jimmy Aitken
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
F. Franks

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Ball, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 1 ?
Brown, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 1 ?
Darcy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 1 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Officer, Gus ? ? 2 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Salkeld, Bert ? ? 2 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 6

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aitken, Jimmy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Breese, Chic ? ? 1 ?
Caffery, Jim ? ? 3 ?
Cameron, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Casey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Chapman, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Cummins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Hannah, Brook ? ? 0 ?
Howard, Harry ? ? 0 ?
McPetrie, Henry ? ? 0 ?
O'Cock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
Paton, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Reekie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sweatman, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Walton, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Weir, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Williams, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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