1897 VFL Season Round 7: Carlton v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1897 between Carlton and Collingwood during round seven of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Collingwood at Princes Park. Jimmy Aitken captained the hosts with Ernie Walton as vice-captain. In the absence of Billy Strickland, Danny Flaherty captained the visitors.

Carlton (5.5.35) were defeated by Collingwood (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Carlton v Collingwood
Date: Tuesday 22 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Princes Park

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.5.35 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Carlton	2	.	1	4	.	2	5	.	2	5	.	5	5	.	5	(35)
Collingwood	1	.	1	4	.	5	4	.	5	6	.	5	6	.	5	(41)
Margin	CARL by 6			COLL by 3			CARL by 3			COLL by 6			COLL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jimmy Aitken
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Collingwood

Captain: Danny Flaherty (acting)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Keenan

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Aitken, Jimmy (c)	?	?	0	?
	Breese, Chic	?	?	0	?
	Caffery, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Cameron, Bob	?	?	0	?
	Casey, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Chapman, Sam	?	?	1	?
	Cummins, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Dunne, Henry	?	?	0	?
	Hannah, Brook	?	?	0	?
	Lyons, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Manchester, Oscar	?	?	0	?
	Morgan, Harry	?	?	0	?
	O'Cock, Wally	?	?	3	?
	Roberts, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Sweatman, Charlie	?	?	1	?
	Walsh, Bobby	?	?	0	?
	Walton, Ernie (vc)	?	?	0	?
	Weir, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Williams, Peter	?	?	0	?
	Woodhouse, Bill	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	5

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Callesen, George	?	?	0	?
	Condon, Dick	?	?	1	?
	Dow, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Dowdall, Harry	?	?	0	?
	Dowdall, Jim	?	?	1	?
	Flaherty, Danny (ac)	?	?	0	?
	Gibbs, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Gillard, Wal	?	?	1	?
	Gregory, Jim	?	?	1	?
	Hailwood, Frank	?	?	1	?
	Lanigan, Denis	?	?	1	?
	Leach, Fred	?	?	0	?
	McDonald, Rhoda	?	?	0	?
	Monohan, Jack	?	?	0	?
	O'Brien, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Pannam, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Paterson, Tom	?	?	0	?
	Sime, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Smith, Archie	?	?	0	?
	Tulloch, Lardie	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				6	5

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

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1897 VFL Season

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