1898 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1898 between Geelong and St Kilda during round two of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Billy Shaw captained the visitors with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain.

Geelong (11.19.85) defeated St Kilda (2.5.17).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 21 May 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 11.19.85 - 2.5.17

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 8 5 . 11 8 . 15 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
St Kilda 0 . 1 2 . 2 2 . 3 2 . 5 2 . 5 (17)
Margin GEEL by 31 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 68 GEEL by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Carter

Goal Umpires

W. Goer
D. Shine

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Cooke, Walter ? ? 0 ?
Dear, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 7 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 1 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Robertson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Walker, Dick ? ? 0 ?
White, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 19

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Archer, Artie ? ? 0 ?
Aylwin, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Beggs, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Brady, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Cumming, Mark ? ? 0 ?
Dunne, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Howell, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Jennings, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Lyons, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
McNamara, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Rutherford, George ? ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Howard ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Reg ? ? 1 ?
Stewart, Walter ? ? 0 ?
Whitelaw, Fred ? ? 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