1897 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1897 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Gus Kearney as vice-captain. Bill Fraser captained the visitors with Dick Gibson as vice-captain.

Essendon (8.1.49) defeated South Melbourne (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 8.1.49 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 5 . 0 5 . 1 8 . 1 8 . 1 (49)
South Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 2 6 . 7 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4 SMLB by 12 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
F. Franks

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim CHB ? 0 ?
Barry, Son RO ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur RU ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod CHF ? 1 ?
Croft, Edgar FPL ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh FF ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe WL ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) RU ? 1 ?
Kinnear, Ted BPL ? 0 ?
Martin, George HBFR ? 0 ?
Moore, Charlie HFFR ? 1 ?
Officer, Ned FB ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat RU ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Sykes, Archie HFFL ? 1 ?
Vautin, George WR ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm FPR ? 4 ?
Wright, Harry C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 1

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave CHB ? 1 ?
Burns, Allen HFFL ? 2 ?
Doran, Dick BPL ? 0 ?
Fleming, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill (c) C ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom CHF ? 0 ?
Howson, Bert WR ? 0 ?
McCartney, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
McKay, Dinny RU ? 1 ?
Minahan, Mick FPL ? 1 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry HFFR ? 0 ?
Sigmont, Fred FF ? 0 ?
Southern, Jack WL ? 0 ?
Swannie, Archie FPR ? 1 ?
Williamson, George BPR ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill RO ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 9

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
D. Doran F. O'Hara G. Williamson A. Cleghorn

N. Waugh H. Gavin E. Croft C. Forbes

FORWARD G. Kearney (vc)

HALF-BACK P. O'Loughlin

C. McCartney D. Adamson J. O'Hara S. Barry

C. Moore T. Collins A. Sykes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



J. Southern B. Fraser (c) B. Howson



G. Vautin H. Wright J. Groves FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE J. Fleming

HALF-FORWARD D. Gibson (vc)

A. Burns T. Gilligan H. Purdy D. McKay

G. Martin J. Anderson G. Stuckey (c) M. Pleass

HALF-BACK B. Windley

FORWARD



M. Minahan F. Sigmont A. Swannie



M. Collins N. Officer T. Kinnear



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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unknown goal 5.0.30 - 4.2.26 ??:??
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5.1.31 - 6.7.43 ??:??
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8.1.49 - 6.9.45 ??:??