1897 VFL Season Round 5: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1897 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round five of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Billy Strickland captained the hosts with Bill Proudfoot as vice-captain. Bill Cleary captained the visitors.

Collingwood (5.7.37) defeated Fitzroy (2.9.21).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 5.7.37 - 2.9.21

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood	0	.	2	1	.	4	2	.	7	5	.	7	5	.	7	(37)
Fitzroy	0	.	1	1	.	3	2	.	7	2	.	9	2	.	9	(21)
Margin	COLL by 1			COLL by 1			level			COLL by 16			COLL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Callesen, George	?	?	1	?
	Condon, Dick	?	?	0	?
	Dow, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Dowdall, Harry	?	?	1	?
	Gibbs, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Gillard, Wal	?	?	0	?
	Gregory, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Hailwood, Frank	?	?	0	?
	Kay, Fred	?	?	1	?
	McDonald, Rhoda	?	?	0	?
	Monohan, Jack	?	?	0	?
	O'Brien, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Pannam, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Paterson, Tom	?	?	0	?
	Proudfoot, Bill (vc)	?	?	0	?
	Sime, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Smith, Archie	?	?	2	?
	Strickland, Billy (c)	?	?	0	?
	Tulloch, Lardie	?	?	0	?
	Williams, George	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	7

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Astruc, Ivan	?	?	0	?
	Banks, Tom	?	?	0	?
	Cleary, Bill (c)	?	?	0	?
	Dalton, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Grace, Jim	?	?	1	?
	Grace, Mick	?	?	0	?
	Hickey, Pat	?	?	0	?
	Kiernan, Chris	?	?	0	?
	Lamley, Roger	?	?	0	?
	McKay, Dick	?	?	1	?
	McSpeerin, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Moriarty, Dan	?	?	0	?
	Moriarty, Geoff	?	?	0	?
	Muirhead, Arch	?	?	0	?
	Nolan, Jerry	?	?	0	?
	Noonan, Paddy	?	?	0	?
	Rapiport, Bert	?	?	0	?
	Reid, Stan	?	?	0	?
	Sloan, Alec	?	?	0	?
	Staniland, Ted	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				2	9

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

Quarter	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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		1.4.10	-	1.3.9	??:??
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		2.7.19	-	2.7.19	??:??
Q4		?.7.?	-	2.?.?	??:??
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		5.7.37	-	2.9.21	??:??

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1897 VFL Season

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