1897 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1897 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Cleary captained the hosts with Sam McMichael as vice-captain. Bill Fraser captained the visitors with Dick Gibson as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (5.13.43) drew with South Melbourne (5.13.43).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 22 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy drew with South Melbourne
Score: 5.13.43 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 1 4 . 2 5 . 4 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
South Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 9 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 2 SMLB by 5 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary
Vice-Captain: Sam McMichael

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

J. Rickard
R. Turpenny

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Banks, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
Cleary, Bill (c) RO ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim CHF ? 1 ?
Grace, Mick RU ? 1 ?
Hickey, Pat HBFR ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris HFFL ? 1 ?
Kimberley, Percy WL ? 0 ?
Lamley, Roger RU ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick FPL ? 0 ?
McMichael, Sam (vc) HBFL ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan WR ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff C ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch HFFR ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry BPL ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy FPR ? 1 ?
Reid, Stan FB ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert FF ? 1 ?
Sloan, Alec RU ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 13

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave CHB ? 0 ?
Blackwood, Bill FF ? 1 ?
Burns, Allen HFFR ? 0 ?
Doran, Dick BPR ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill (c) CHF ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom FPL ? 1 ?
Howson, Bert WL ? 0 ?
Lyons, Horrie HFFL ? 0 ?
McCartney, Charlie BPL ? 0 ?
McKay, Dinny RU ? 2 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 1 ?
Purdy, Harry RU ? 0 ?
Southern, Jack WR ? 0 ?
Swannie, Archie FPR ? 0 ?
Toms, Eddie HBFL ? 0 ?
Waugh, Fred C ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill RO ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 13

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

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
C. McCartney F. O'Hara D. Doran M. Grace

P. Noonan B. Sharpe D. McKay R. Lamley

FORWARD B. McSpeerin

HALF-BACK A. Sloan

E. Toms D. Adamson J. O'Hara B. Cleary (c)

A. Muirhead J. Grace C. Kiernan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



B. Howson F. Waugh J. Southern



D. Moriarty G. Moriarty P. Kimberley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE D. Gibson (vc)

HALF-FORWARD D. McKay

H. Lyons B. Fraser (c) A. Burns M. Pleass

P. Hickey T. Banks S. McMichael (vc) H. Purdy

HALF-BACK B. Windley

FORWARD



T. Gilligan B. Blackwood A. Swannie



J. Dalton S. Reid J. Nolan



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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5.4.34 - 5.9.39 ??:??
Q4 SMLB unknown behind 5.4.34 - 5.10.40 ??:??
FITZ unknown behind 5.5.35 - 5.10.40 ??:??
FITZ unknown behind 5.6.36 - 5.10.40 ??:??
FITZ unknown behind 5.7.37 - 5.10.40 ??:??
FITZ unknown behind 5.8.38 - 5.10.40 ??:??
FITZ unknown behind 5.9.39 - 5.10.40 ??:??
FITZ unknown behind 5.10.40 - 5.10.40 ??:??
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unknown behind 5.11.41 - 5.13.43 ??:??
FITZ Jim Grace behind 5.12.42 - 5.13.43 ??:??
FITZ Bert Sharpe behind 5.13.43 - 5.13.43 ??:??