1897 VFL Season Round 13: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1897 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Cleary captained the hosts. Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (2.9.21) were defeated by Geelong (5.3.33).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 31 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 2.9.21 - 5.3.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 5 0 . 6 2 . 8 2 . 9 2 . 9 (21)
Geelong 0 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 3 5 . 3 5 . 3 (33)
Margin FITZ by 4 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

F. Burton
A. Coventry

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cameron, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Cleary, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, Alex ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 1 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 1 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
James, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 0 ?
McEwen, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 9

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barling, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 4 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Moran, Ned ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Pontin, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Sandford, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
White, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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2.9.21 - 5.3.33 ??:??