1897 VFL Season Round 12: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1897 between Carlton and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Jimmy Aitken captained the hosts with Ernie Walton as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors.

Carlton (2.6.18) were defeated by Melbourne (5.16.46).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 2.6.18 - 5.16.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 1 2 . 4 2 . 4 2 . 6 2 . 6 (18)
Melbourne 2 . 0 3 . 6 5 . 11 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 8 MELB by 25 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jimmy Aitken
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Keenan

Goal Umpires

W. Bruton
J. Elliott

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aitken, Jimmy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Breese, Chic ? ? 0 ?
Buck, Otto ? ? 0 ?
Caffery, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Casey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Chapman, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Frost, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Hannah, Brook ? ? 0 ?
Lyons, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Morgan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
O'Cock, Wally ? ? 2 ?
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) 2 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Jenkyn, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
Massey, Lew ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George ? ? 0 ?
Russell, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
Sheahan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 1 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Timothee, John ? ? 1 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 16

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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