1898 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1898 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round one of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts. Alec Sloan captained the visitors with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain.

Essendon (10.10.70) defeated Fitzroy (2.5.17).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 May 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.10.70 - 2.5.17

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 5 . 7 9 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Fitzroy 0 . 1 1 . 1 2 . 1 2 . 5 2 . 5 (17)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

W. Goer
J. Lucas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barr, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 1 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Alec ? ? 1 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Moore, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Tenbrink, Conrad ? ? 1 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 2 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cleary, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, Alex ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Drohan, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 0 ?
McEwen, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Nolan, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Potter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) ? ? 0 ?
Tulloch, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 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