1897 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1897 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round six of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Bill Cleary captained the visitors with Sam McMichael as vice-captain.

Geelong (3.13.31) defeated Fitzroy (2.3.15).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 3.13.31 - 2.3.15

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 2 . 6 2 . 9 3 . 13 3 . 13 (31)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 2 . 2 2 . 2 2 . 3 2 . 3 (15)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary
Vice-Captain: Sam McMichael

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Carter

Goal Umpires

D. Shine
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Mac ? ? 0 ?
Barling, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 1 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
White, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 13

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 ?
Kimberley, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Lamley, Roger ? ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 1 ?
McMichael, Sam (vc) ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 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 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
GEEL ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
GEEL ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
GEEL 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 ??:??
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2.6.18 - 2.2.14 ??:??
Q3 GEEL unknown behind 2.7.19 - 2.2.14 ??:??
GEEL unknown behind 2.8.20 - 2.2.14 ??:??
GEEL unknown behind 2.9.21 - 2.2.14 ??:??
Q4 ?.?.? - 2.?.? ??:??
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3.13.31 - 2.3.15 ??:??