1898 VFA Season Qualifying Round 2: Port Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 September 1898 between Port Melbourne and Footscray during the second qualifying round of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football Association. Port Melbourne hosted Footscray at North Port Oval. Dave De Coite captained the visitors with Harry Wilson as vice-captain.

Port Melbourne (7.10.52) defeated Footscray (2.4.16).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFA Season
Round: Qualifying Round 2
Teams: Port Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 September 1898
Venue: North Port Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 7.10.52 - 2.4.16

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 6 6 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Footscray 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 . 3 2 . 4 2 . 4 (16)
Margin PMLB by 17 PMLB by 29 PMLB by 39 PMLB by 36 PMLB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Port Melbourne

Captain: unknown

Footscray

Captain: Dave De Coite
Vice-Captain: Harry Wilson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Freame

Goal Umpires

W. Johnston
J. Scott

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Blair, Jim ? ? ? ?
Johnson, Arch ? ? ? ?
McGee, Billy ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (3 players) 7 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
De Coite, Dave (c) ? ? ? ?
Harris, William ? ? ? ?
Wilson, Harry (vc) ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (3 players) 2 4

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