1897 VFL Season Round 13: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1897 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Billy Strickland captained the hosts with Bill Proudfoot as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors.

Collingwood (5.13.43) defeated Melbourne (3.10.28).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 5.13.43 - 3.10.28

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood	0	.	2	5	.	7	5	.	8	5	.	13	5	.	13	(43)
Melbourne	1	.	5	2	.	6	3	.	8	3	.	10	3	.	10	(28)
Margin	MELB by 9			COLL by 19			COLL by 12			COLL by 15			COLL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
R. Turpenny

Player Statistics

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Callesen, George	?	?	0	?
	Condon, Dick	?	?	0	?
	Dow, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Dowdall, Harry	?	?	0	?
	Gibbs, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Gregory, Jim	?	?	1	?
	Hailwood, Frank	?	?	1	?
	Hellwig, Herman	?	?	0	?
	Lanigan, Denis	?	?	0	?
	Leach, Fred	?	?	0	?
	Lee, Tom	?	?	1	?
	Monohan, Jack	?	?	0	?
	O'Brien, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Pannam, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Proudfoot, Bill (vc)	?	?	0	?
	Sime, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Smith, Archie	?	?	2	?
	Strickland, Billy (c)	?	?	0	?
	Tulloch, Lardie	?	?	0	?
	Williams, George	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	13

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Geddes, Stewart	?	?	0	?
	Graham, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Healing, Alf	?	?	0	?
	Herring, Maurie	?	?	0	?
	Jenkyn, Edwin	?	?	0	?
	Leith, Jack	?	?	1	?
	Lewis, Austin	?	?	0	?
	McGinis, Fred	?	?	1	?
	Mitchell, Henry	?	?	0	?
	Moodie, George	?	?	0	?
	Moysey, George	?	?	0	?
	Robinson, Bert	?	?	0	?
	Sholl, Eddie	?	?	0	?
	Steele, Wally	?	?	1	?
	Strahan, Dave	?	?	0	?
	Sutton, Ned (c)	?	?	0	?
	Timothee, John	?	?	0	?
	Watson, Bert	?	?	0	?
	Wood, Alf	?	?	0	?
	Young, Charlie	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				3	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

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Links

1897 VFL Season

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