1898 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1898 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round one of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Billy Shaw captained the hosts with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors with George Moysey as vice-captain.

St Kilda (2.4.16) were defeated by Melbourne (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 May 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 2.4.16 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 0 1 . 1 1 . 3 2 . 4 2 . 4 (16)
Melbourne 4 . 6 6 . 9 10 . 12 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 38 MELB by 63 MELB by 76 MELB by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton
Vice-Captain: George Moysey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Keenan

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Archer, Artie ? ? 0 ?
Aylwin, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Brady, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Cumming, Mark ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
Gaunson, David ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Howell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Jennings, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Kirwin, Edmund ? ? 0 ?
Lyons, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Morehouse, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Richardson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Rutherford, George ? ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Howard ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Reg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 4

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Byers, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Davey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Fry, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
MacPherson, Les ? ? 1 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moore, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Pirrie, Dick ? ? 2 ?
Royle, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

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