1898 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1898 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round two of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League.
South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval.
Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain.
George Stuckey captained the visitors.
South Melbourne (3.9.27) were defeated by Essendon (5.8.38).
Match Details
Season:
1898 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
South Melbourne
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 21 May 1898
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Lakeside Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
South Melbourne
def. by
Essendon
Score:
3.9.27 - 5.8.38
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| South Melbourne | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | . | 7 | 2 | . | 7 | 3 | . | 9 | 3 | . | 9 | (27) |
| Essendon | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 7 | 5 | . | 8 | 5 | . | 8 | (38) |
| Margin | ESSE by 14 | ESSE by 3 | ESSE by 18 | ESSE by 11 | ESSE by 11 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
South Melbourne
Captain: Bill FraserVice-Captain: Dick Gibson
Essendon
Captain: George StuckeyPlayer Statistics
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Adamson, Dave | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brown, Eddie | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Burns, Allen | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Colgan, Charlie | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cornelius, George | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Davidson, George | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fleming, Jack | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fraser, Bill (c) | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibson, Dick (vc) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gilligan, Tom | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Howson, Bert | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jeanneret, Henri | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kenny, Billy | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pleass, Mick | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Purdy, Harry | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Southern, Jack | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sparrow, George | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Trim, Albert | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Williamson, George | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Windley, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 3 | 9 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Anderson, Jim | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Barry, Son | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cleghorn, Arthur | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Collins, Maurie | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Collins, Tod | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Croft, Edgar | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Forbes, Charlie | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gardner, Corrie | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gavin, Hugh | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Groves, Joe | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hall, Alec | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hastings, George | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kinnear, Ted | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Martin, George | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Moore, Charlie | FPL | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Officer, Gus | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Loughlin, Pat | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stuckey, George (c) | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Waugh, Norm | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wright, Harry | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 5 | 8 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| South Melbourne | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| T. Kinnear | G. Officer | M. Collins | A. Burns |
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| C. Colgan | B. Kenny | J. Fleming | D. Gibson (vc) |
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| FORWARD | M. Pleass |
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| HALF-BACK | H. Purdy |
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| G. Stuckey (c) | J. Anderson | G. Hastings | B. Windley |
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| H. Jeanneret | G. Cornelius | T. Gilligan |
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| C. Gardner | H. Wright | J. Groves |
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| B. Howson | B. Fraser (c) | J. Southern | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | A. Cleghorn |
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| HALF-FORWARD | C. Forbes |
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| N. Waugh | T. Collins | E. Croft | A. Hall |
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| G. Davidson | D. Adamson | A. Trim | P. O'Loughlin |
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| HALF-BACK | S. Barry |
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| C. Moore | H. Gavin | G. Martin |
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| G. Sparrow | G. Williamson | E. Brown |
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| Essendon | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||