1897 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 2: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1897 between Essendon and Collingwood during the second round-robin final round of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at the MCG. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Gus Kearney as vice-captain. Billy Strickland captained the visitors with Bill Proudfoot as vice-captain.

Essendon (9.16.70) defeated Collingwood (4.6.30).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Round: Second Round-Robin Final
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 28 August 1897
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 9.16.70 - 4.6.30

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 8 4 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Collingwood 1 . 2 2 . 2 4 . 3 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Margin COLL by 1 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Collingwood

Captain: Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

F. Burton
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Campbell, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Cochrane, George ? ? 1 ?
Croft, Edgar ? ? 1 ?
Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 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 ? ? 4 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Callesen, George ? ? 2 ?
Condon, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Dow, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Dowdall, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Gibbs, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Gregory, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Hailwood, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Kay, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Leach, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Lee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Monohan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
O'Brien, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Pannam, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Proudfoot, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Sime, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Strickland, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Tulloch, Lardie ? ? 1 ?
Williams, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 6

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