1898 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v South Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1898 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round three of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League.
Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Corio Oval.
Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain.
In the absence of Bill Fraser, vice-captain Dick Gibson captained the visitors.
Geelong (7.18.60) defeated South Melbourne (1.2.8).
Match Details
Season:
1898 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Geelong
v
South Melbourne
Date:
Tuesday 24 May 1898
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Corio Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
Geelong
def.
South Melbourne
Score:
7.18.60 - 1.2.8
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Geelong | 1 | . | 0 | 4 | . | 7 | 6 | . | 9 | 7 | . | 18 | 7 | . | 18 | (60) |
| South Melbourne | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | (8) |
| Margin | SMLB by 2 | GEEL by 23 | GEEL by 37 | GEEL by 52 | GEEL by 52 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Geelong
Captain: Jack ConwayVice-Captain: Joe McShane
South Melbourne
Captain: Dick Gibson (acting)Player Statistics
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Brockwell, Sam | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Burns, Peter | FB | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Coles, Charlie | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Conway, Jack (c) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cooke, Walter | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Dear, Alf | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dore, Jack | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Flynn, Jim | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Holligan, Teddy | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| James, Eddy | CHF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Leahy, Paddy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McCallum, Firth | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McShane, Jim | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McShane, Joe (vc) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Loughlin, Jack | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Parkin, Jack | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pincott, Arthur | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Quinn, Jack | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Thompson, Archie | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| White, Fred | FPR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 7 | 18 | |||
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Brown, Eddie | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Burns, Allen | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Colgan, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cornelius, George | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Davidson, George | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Davis, Johnny | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fleming, Jack | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibson, Dick (ac) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gilligan, Tom | ? | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Howson, Bert | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jeanneret, Henri | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jolly, Jim | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Machin, Artie | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Hara, Frank | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pleass, Mick | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Purdy, Harry | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Southern, Jack | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sparrow, George | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Trim, Albert | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Windley, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 1 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Geelong | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| H. Purdy | F. O'Hara | E. Brown | W. Cooke |
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| F. White | J. Quinn | C. Coles | A. Dear |
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| FORWARD | J. McShane (vc) |
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| HALF-BACK | J. Parkin |
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| A. Trim | G. Sparrow | G. Davidson | J. McShane |
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| J. Flynn | E. James | T. Holligan |
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| J. Southern | J. Jolly | B. Howson |
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| P. Leahy | F. McCallum | S. Brockwell | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | A. Burns |
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| HALF-FORWARD | J. Fleming |
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| H. Jeanneret | G. Cornelius | J. Davis | D. Gibson (ac) |
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| A. Thompson | J. Conway (c) | J. Dore | M. Pleass |
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| HALF-BACK | B. Windley |
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| A. Pincott | P. Burns | J. O'Loughlin |
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| South Melbourne | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||