1897 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1897 between Essendon and Melbourne during round seven of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Gus Kearney as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors.

Essendon (8.15.63) defeated Melbourne (3.9.27).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 22 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 8.15.63 - 3.9.27

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 10 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Melbourne 0 . 2 1 . 2 2 . 5 3 . 9 3 . 9 (27)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
W. Goer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Brown, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 1 ?
Croft, Edgar ? ? 2 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 1 ?
Officer, Ned ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Healing, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Jenkyn, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
Massey, Lew ? ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George ? ? 1 ?
Robinson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sheahan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Watson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 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