1897 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1897 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round nine of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Cleary captained the hosts with Sam McMichael as vice-captain. Billy Shaw captained the visitors with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (9.21.75) defeated St Kilda (2.6.18).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 3 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. St Kilda
Score: 9.21.75 - 2.6.18

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 8 4 . 14 8 . 17 9 . 21 9 . 21 (75)
St Kilda 1 . 2 1 . 2 2 . 4 2 . 6 2 . 6 (18)
Margin FITZ by 6 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 49 FITZ by 57 FITZ by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary
Vice-Captain: Sam McMichael

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Carter

Goal Umpires

F. Burton
J. Elliott

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cameron, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Cleary, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 2 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 1 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kerrigan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 2 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
McMichael, Sam (vc) ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Peppard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Yager, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 21

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Ahern, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Aylwin, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Beggs, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Blake, George ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Cox, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Duigan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Danny ? ? 1 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Hogan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Morrison, George ? ? 0 ?
O'Grady, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Reg ? ? 0 ?
Whitelaw, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 6

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