1897 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1897 between Melbourne and Carlton during round five of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Ned Sutton captained the hosts. In the absence of Jimmy Aitken, Brook Hannah captained the visitors with Ernie Walton as vice-captain.

Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated Carlton (3.8.26).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 5 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 15.17.107 - 3.8.26

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 4 . 10 9 . 13 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Carlton 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 7 3 . 8 3 . 8 (26)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 30 MELB by 60 MELB by 81 MELB by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Carlton

Captain: Brook Hannah (acting)
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

J. Elliott
W. Goer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Goding, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Healing, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Jenkyn, Edwin ? ? 1 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 1 ?
Massey, Lew ? ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill ? ? 5 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 1 ?
Moysey, George ? ? 2 ?
Robinson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sheahan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Timothee, John ? ? 0 ?
Watson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 17

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Breese, Chic ? ? 0 ?
Caffery, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Chapman, Sam ? ? 1 ?
Crane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Cummins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Hannah, Brook (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Lyons, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McPetrie, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Morgan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
O'Cock, Wally ? ? 2 ?
Paton, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Reekie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sweatman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Walsh, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Walton, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Williams, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Woodhouse, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 8

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