1898 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1898 between Melbourne and Carlton during round two of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Ned Sutton captained the hosts with George Moysey as vice-captain. Jimmy Aitken captained the visitors with Ernie Walton as vice-captain.

Melbourne (12.11.83) defeated Carlton (4.2.26).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 21 May 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 12.11.83 - 4.2.26

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 4 10 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Carlton 1 . 0 3 . 0 3 . 0 4 . 2 4 . 2 (26)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 22 MELB by 51 MELB by 57 MELB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton
Vice-Captain: George Moysey

Carlton

Captain: Jimmy Aitken
Vice-Captain: Ernie Walton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

C. Thomas
W. Watling

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Byers, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Howard, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Pirrie, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Royle, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Staines, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 1 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aitken, Jimmy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Breese, Chic ? ? 0 ?
Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Chapman, Sam ? ? 2 ?
Curtis, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Lyons, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Manchester, Oscar ? ? 0 ?
Morrison, Len ? ? 0 ?
O'Cock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
O'Day, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Pender, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Pender, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Reekie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sharkey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Sweatman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Walsh, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
Walton, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Warde, George ? ? 0 ?
Williams, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 2

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