1897 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1897 between Geelong and Melbourne during round nine of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors.

Geelong (1.9.15) defeated Melbourne (0.10.10).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 1.9.15 - 0.10.10

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 1 1 . 3 1 . 6 1 . 9 1 . 9 (15)
Melbourne 0 . 4 0 . 7 0 . 9 0 . 10 0 . 10 (10)
Margin MELB by 3 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
D. Shine

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barling, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 1 ?
Maguire, Tom ? ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Pontin, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Sandford, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 1 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Fry, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Healing, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Jenkyn, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
Massey, Lew ? ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George ? ? 0 ?
Sheahan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Watson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 0 10

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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unknown behind 1.9.15 - 0.10.10 ??:??