1897 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1897 between Essendon and St Kilda during round twelve of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Gus Kearney as vice-captain. In the absence of Billy Shaw, vice-captain Harry Aylwin captained the visitors.

Essendon (13.16.94) defeated St Kilda (0.3.3).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 24 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 13.16.94 - 0.3.3

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 11 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
St Kilda 0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 3 (3)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 91 ESSE by 91
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

St Kilda

Captain: Harry Aylwin (acting)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Carter

Goal Umpires

W. Goer
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 1 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 4 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Leach, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus ? ? 1 ?
Officer, Ned ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Stamp, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 2 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Ahern, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Aylwin, Harry (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Beggs, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Hogan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Howell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McLeod, George ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Tom ? ? 0 ?
O'Hagan, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Rutherford, George ? ? 0 ?
Staines, Emery ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Reg ? ? 0 ?
Whitelaw, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 0 3

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