1897 VFL Season Round 8: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1897 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Jimmy Aitken captained the hosts with Ernie Walton as vice-captain. Bill Cleary captained the visitors with Sam McMichael as vice-captain.

Carlton (1.3.9) were defeated by Fitzroy (5.17.47).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Princes Park

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Fitzroy
Score: 1.3.9 - 5.17.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 0 1 . 2 1 . 2 1 . 3 1 . 3 (9)
Fitzroy 1 . 5 1 . 9 4 . 14 5 . 17 5 . 17 (47)
Margin FITZ by 11 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 38 FITZ by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jimmy Aitken
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary
Vice-Captain: Sam McMichael

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

W. Goer
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Carlton

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cleary, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kerrigan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 1 ?
Kimberley, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Lamley, Roger ? ? 2 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
McMichael, Sam (vc) ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 17

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