1897 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1897 between Geelong and Carlton during round four of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Jimmy Aitken captained the visitors with Ernie Walton as vice-captain.

Geelong (5.14.44) defeated Carlton (3.4.22).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 May 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Carlton
Score: 5.14.44 - 3.4.22

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 4 . 7 5 . 9 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Carlton 1 . 1 1 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 4 (22)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Carlton

Captain: Jimmy Aitken
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
J. Lucas

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Enfield, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 3 ?
Maguire, Tom ? ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Pontin, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 14

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aitken, Jimmy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Breese, Chic ? ? 1 ?
Caffery, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Casey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Chapman, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Cummins, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Dunne, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Hannah, Brook ? ? 0 ?
Lyons, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McPetrie, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Morgan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
O'Cock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
Paton, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Reekie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Walsh, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Walton, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Williams, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Woodhouse, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 4

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