1897 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1897 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round twelve of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Cleary captained the hosts with Sam McMichael as vice-captain. Billy Strickland captained the visitors with Bill Proudfoot as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (4.4.28) were defeated by Collingwood (3.17.35).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 24 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 4.4.28 - 3.17.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 2 3 . 3 4 . 4 4 . 4 (28)
Collingwood 0 . 3 0 . 9 2 . 16 3 . 17 3 . 17 (35)
Margin FITZ by 5 FITZ by 11 COLL by 7 COLL by 7 COLL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary
Vice-Captain: Sam McMichael

Collingwood

Captain: Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Banks, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Cleary, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 1 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 2 ?
McEwen, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
McMichael, Sam (vc) ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 1 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Peppard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 4

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Callesen, George ? ? 0 ?
Condon, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Dow, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gibbs, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Gregory, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Hailwood, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Kay, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 2 ?
Leach, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Lee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Monohan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
O'Brien, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Proudfoot, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Sime, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Strickland, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Tame, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Tulloch, Lardie ? ? 0 ?
Williams, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 17

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