1897 VFL Season Round 5: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1897 between St Kilda and Essendon during round five of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Billy Shaw captained the hosts with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain. George Stuckey captained the visitors.

St Kilda (3.8.26) were defeated by Essendon (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 3.8.26 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 3 2 . 4 3 . 7 3 . 8 3 . 8 (26)
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 7 6 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

F. Burton
A. Coventry

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Ahern, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Aylwin, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Beggs, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Danny ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Hay, Algy ? ? 0 ?
Hogan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
Howell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Jennings, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGrath, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Tom ? ? 0 ?
O'Grady, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Reg ? ? 0 ?
Turner, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Ball, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Brown, Harold ? ? 1 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Croft, Edgar ? ? 1 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Salkeld, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Thurgood, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 1 ?
White, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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