1897 VFL Season Round 3: South Melbourne v St Kilda
This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1897 between South Melbourne and St Kilda during round three of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League.
South Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Lakeside Oval.
Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain.
Billy Shaw captained the visitors with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain.
South Melbourne (8.11.59) defeated St Kilda (0.2.2).
Match Details
Season:
1897 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
South Melbourne
v
St Kilda
Date:
Monday 24 May 1897
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Lakeside Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
South Melbourne
def.
St Kilda
Score:
8.11.59 - 0.2.2
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| South Melbourne | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 8 | . | 11 | 8 | . | 11 | (59) |
| St Kilda | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | . | 2 | 0 | . | 2 | (2) |
| Margin | SMLB by 15 | SMLB by 37 | SMLB by 44 | SMLB by 57 | SMLB by 57 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
South Melbourne
Captain: Bill FraserVice-Captain: Dick Gibson
St Kilda
Captain: Billy ShawVice-Captain: Harry Aylwin
Player Statistics
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Adamson, Dave | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Blackwood, Bill | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Burns, Allen | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fraser, Bill (c) | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibson, Dick (vc) | RU | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Gilligan, Tom | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Howson, Bert | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McCartney, Charlie | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McKay, Dinny | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Minahan, Mick | FPL | ? | 2 | ? | |
| O'Hara, Frank | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Hara, Jim | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pleass, Mick | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Purdy, Harry | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Southern, Jack | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Swannie, Archie | FPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Toms, Eddie | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Waugh, Fred | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Williamson, George | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Windley, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 8 | 11 | |||
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Ahern, Bill | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Aylwin, Harry (vc) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Beggs, Billy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Blake, Mick | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Collins, Dan | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dunne, Danny | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dunne, Ernie | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hall, Ted | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hay, Algy | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hogan, Joe | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jennings, Jack | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jones, Ernest | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Matthews, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McGrath, Jerry | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McNamara, Tom | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Newton, Bill | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shaw, Billy (c) | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stewart, Ernie | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stewart, Reg | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Turner, Bill | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 0 | 2 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| South Melbourne | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| J. Jennings | J. McGrath | T. McNamara | B. Blackwood |
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| A. Swannie | B. Fraser (c) | M. Minahan | D. Gibson (vc) |
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| FORWARD | M. Pleass |
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| HALF-BACK | H. Purdy |
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| T. Hall | H. Aylwin (vc) | B. Newton | B. Windley |
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| T. Gilligan | A. Burns | D. McKay |
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| E. Stewart | R. Stewart | B. Beggs |
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| J. O'Hara | J. Southern | B. Howson | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | M. Blake |
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| HALF-FORWARD | D. Dunne |
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| B. Ahern | B. Shaw (c) | D. Collins | E. Jones |
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| F. Waugh | D. Adamson | E. Toms | B. Turner |
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| HALF-BACK | B. Matthews |
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| J. Hogan | E. Dunne | A. Hay |
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| C. McCartney | F. O'Hara | G. Williamson |
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| St Kilda | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||