1897 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1897 between Geelong and Essendon during the first round-robin final round of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. George Stuckey captained the visitors with Gus Kearney as vice-captain.

Geelong (3.11.29) were defeated by Essendon (5.5.35).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: First Round-Robin Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 August 1897
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 3.11.29 - 5.5.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 5 1 . 6 2 . 10 3 . 11 3 . 11 (29)
Essendon 0 . 2 1 . 4 1 . 4 5 . 5 5 . 5 (35)
Margin GEEL by 9 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 12 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

F. Burton
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 1 ?
Maguire, Tom ? ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Pontin, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
White, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Young, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Campbell, Colin ? ? 1 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 2 ?
Croft, Edgar ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Ned ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 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