1897 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1897 between Essendon and Geelong during round eight of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Gus Kearney as vice-captain. Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.

Essendon (5.2.32) were defeated by Geelong (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 June 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 5.2.32 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 4 . 1 5 . 2 5 . 2 5 . 2 (32)
Geelong 1 . 1 4 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 11 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
R. Turpenny

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Brown, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Croft, Edgar ? ? 1 ?
Darcy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Ned ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 1 ?
Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 2

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barling, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 0 ?
Maguire, Tom ? ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Palmer, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
White, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Young, Henry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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