1897 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1897 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain. Bill Cleary captained the visitors.

South Melbourne (3.12.30) defeated Fitzroy (4.5.29).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 August 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 3.12.30 - 4.5.29

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 0 . 0 0 . 5 2 . 10 3 . 12 3 . 12 (30)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 2 . 4 4 . 4 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Margin FITZ by 8 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 6 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Cleary

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave CHB ? 0 ?
Blackwood, Bill FPR ? 0 ?
Burns, Allen HFFL ? 0 ?
Davidson, George FPL ? 0 ?
Doran, Dick BPR ? 0 ?
Fleming, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill (c) C ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom HFFR ? 0 ?
Howson, Bert WL ? 0 ?
McCartney, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
McKay, Dinny RO ? 0 ?
Minahan, Mick CHF ? 1 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 1 ?
Purdy, Harry RU ? 1 ?
Southern, Jack WR ? 0 ?
Swannie, Archie FF ? 0 ?
Williamson, George BPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cameron, Charlie FPL ? 0 ?
Cleary, Bill (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat RU ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim HFFR ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Hickey, Pat CHB ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris CHF ? 0 ?
McEwen, Hugh WL ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick FPR ? 2 ?
McSpeerin, Bill RU ? 2 ?
Moriarty, Geoff WR ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch C ? 0 ?
Nolan, Herb HFFL ? 0 ?
Nolan, Jerry BPR ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy RO ? 0 ?
Peppard, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Robinson, James BPL ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert FF ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec FB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 5

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

South Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
J. Robinson A. Sloan J. Nolan J. Fleming

B. Blackwood A. Swannie G. Davidson D. Gibson (vc)

FORWARD M. Pleass

HALF-BACK H. Purdy

B. Cleary (c) P. Hickey J. Dalton D. McKay

T. Gilligan M. Minahan A. Burns



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



H. McEwen A. Muirhead G. Moriarty



J. Southern B. Fraser (c) B. Howson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE P. Descrimes

HALF-FORWARD M. Grace

H. Nolan C. Kiernan J. Grace B. McSpeerin

J. O'Hara D. Adamson C. McCartney M. Peppard

HALF-BACK P. Noonan

FORWARD



C. Cameron B. Sharpe D. McKay



D. Doran F. O'Hara G. Williamson



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: unknown