1897 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1897 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Gus Kearney as vice-captain. Bill Cleary captained the visitors with Sam McMichael as vice-captain.

Essendon (9.8.62) defeated Fitzroy (4.6.30).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.8.62 - 4.6.30

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 4 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 2 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary
Vice-Captain: Sam McMichael

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

F. Burton
W. Goer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Croft, Edgar ? ? 1 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Leach, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Ned ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 2 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 8

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cameron, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Cleary, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, Alex ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 2 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 1 ?
Kerrigan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
McEwen, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
McMichael, Sam (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Peppard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 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