1898 VFL 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 3 of the 1898 VFL season.
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
Back:
J. O'Loughlin, P. Burns, A. Pincott
Half-back:
J. Dore, J. Conway (capt.), A. Thompson
Centre:
S. Brockwell, F. McCallum, P. Leahy
Half-forward:
T. Holligan, E. James, J. Flynn
Forward:
C. Coles, J. Quinn, F. White
Follower:
W. Cooke, A. Dear, Joe McShane (vice-capt.), J. Parkin, Jim McShane
South Melbourne
D. Gibson (capt.), E. Brown, A. Burns, C. Colgan, G. Cornelius, G. Davidson, J. Davis, J. Fleming, T. Gilligan, B. Howson, H. Jeanneret, J. Jolly, A. Machin, F. O'Hara, M. Pleass, H. Purdy, J. Southern, G. Sparrow, A. Trim, B. Windley
Geelong (7.18.60) defeated South Melbourne (1.2.8).
Goalkickers
Geelong: E. James (2), F. White (2), P. Burns, W. Cooke, J. Quinn
South Melbourne: T. Gilligan
As a result of this match, Geelong remained 3rd on the ladder and South Melbourne remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
unknown
(Geelong),
unknown
(South Melbourne)
Captains:
Jack Conway
(Geelong),
Dick Gibson
(South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Joe McShane
(Geelong),
unknown
(South Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
T. McCoy
Goal Umpire:
J. Rickard,
D. Shine
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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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