1897 VFL Season Round 4: South Melbourne v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1897 between South Melbourne and Collingwood during round four of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League.
South Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Lakeside Oval.
Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain.
Billy Strickland captained the visitors with Bill Proudfoot as vice-captain.
South Melbourne (5.11.41) defeated Collingwood (5.3.33).
Match Details
Season:
1897 VFL Season
Round:
Round 4
Teams:
South Melbourne
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 29 May 1897
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Lakeside Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
South Melbourne
def.
Collingwood
Score:
5.11.41 - 5.3.33
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| South Melbourne | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 7 | 5 | . | 11 | 5 | . | 11 | 5 | . | 11 | (41) |
| Collingwood | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | (33) |
| Margin | SMLB by 2 | SMLB by 6 | SMLB by 16 | SMLB by 8 | SMLB by 8 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
South Melbourne
Captain: Bill FraserVice-Captain: Dick Gibson
Collingwood
Captain: Billy StricklandVice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot
Player Statistics
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Adamson, Dave | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Blackwood, Bill | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Burns, Allen | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Fraser, Bill (c) | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibson, Dick (vc) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gilligan, Tom | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Howson, Bert | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McCartney, Charlie | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McKay, Dinny | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Minahan, Mick | HFFR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| O'Hara, Frank | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Hara, Jim | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pleass, Mick | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Purdy, Harry | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Southern, Jack | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Swannie, Archie | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Toms, Eddie | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Waugh, Fred | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Williamson, George | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Windley, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 5 | 11 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Callesen, George | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Condon, Dick | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dow, Charlie | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dowdall, Harry | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Gibbs, Arthur | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gregory, Jim | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hailwood, Frank | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Hall, Dick | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kay, Fred | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McDonald, Rhoda | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Monohan, Jack | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pannam, Charlie | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Paterson, Tom | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Proudfoot, Bill (vc) | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sime, Charlie | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Archie | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Strickland, Billy (c) | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Tame, Alby | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Tulloch, Lardie | FPL | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Williams, George | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 5 | 3 | |||
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
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| A. Gibbs | B. Proudfoot (vc) | F. Kay | D. Gibson (vc) |
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| A. Swannie | B. Fraser (c) | B. Blackwood | D. McKay |
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| FORWARD | M. Pleass |
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| HALF-BACK | H. Purdy |
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| C. Dow | J. Monohan | G. Williams | B. Windley |
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| M. Minahan | A. Burns | T. Gilligan |
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| C. Pannam | B. Strickland (c) | C. Sime |
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| B. Howson | F. Waugh | J. Southern | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | H. Dowdall |
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| HALF-FORWARD | J. Gregory |
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| A. Tame | F. Hailwood | D. Hall | R. McDonald |
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| J. O'Hara | D. Adamson | E. Toms | T. Paterson |
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| HALF-BACK | D. Condon |
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| L. Tulloch | A. Smith | G. Callesen |
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| G. Williamson | F. O'Hara | C. McCartney |
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| Collingwood | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||