1897 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1897 between Geelong and St Kilda during round fourteen of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Billy Shaw captained the visitors with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain.

Geelong (14.12.96) defeated St Kilda (3.0.18).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 7 August 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 14.12.96 - 3.0.18

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	4	.	4	5	.	4	10	.	8	14	.	12	14	.	12	(96)
St Kilda	1	.	0	2	.	0	3	.	0	3	.	0	3	.	0	(18)
Margin	GEEL by 22			GEEL by 22			GEEL by 50			GEEL by 78			GEEL by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Carter

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
D. Shine

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Barling, Bert	?	?	0	?
	Burns, Peter	?	?	2	?
	Coles, Charlie	?	?	1	?
	Conway, Jack (c)	?	?	0	?
	Flynn, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Holligan, Teddy	?	?	0	?
	James, Eddy	?	?	3	?
	Maguire, Tom	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Henry	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Jim	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Joe (vc)	?	?	3	?
	Moran, Ned	?	?	0	?
	Parkin, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Pincott, Billy	?	?	0	?
	Pontin, Alf	?	?	0	?
	Quinn, Jack	?	?	1	?
	Rankin, Teddy	?	?	1	?
	Sandford, Cecil	?	?	0	?
	Thompson, Archie	?	?	0	?
	White, Fred	?	?	3	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				14	12

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL
	Aylwin, Harry (vc)	?	?	0
	Beggs, Billy	?	?	0
	Blake, Mick	?	?	0
	Conniff, Matt	?	?	0
	Dunne, Danny	?	?	0
	Hall, Ted	?	?	0
	Hay, Algy	?	?	0
	Hogan, Joe	?	?	1
	Howell, Charlie	?	?	0
	Matthews, Bill	?	?	0
	McLeod, George	?	?	0
	McNamara, Tom	?	?	0
	Middleton, Arthur	?	?	0
	O'Grady, Joe	?	?	0
	Phillips, Syd	?	?	0
	Rutherford, George	?	?	0
	Shaw, Billy (c)	?	?	0
	Stewart, Reg	?	?	0
	Whitelaw, Fred	?	?	1
	Wilson, Gillie	?	?	1
Rushed
Total (20 players)				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

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			10.8.68	-	3.0.18	??:??
Q4	GEEL		?.?.?	-	3.0.18	??:??
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	GEEL		14.12.96	-	3.0.18	??:??

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1897 VFL Season

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