1898 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1898 between Essendon and St Kilda during round four of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts. Billy Shaw captained the visitors with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain.

Essendon (16.16.112) defeated St Kilda (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 May 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 16.16.112 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 7 . 10 11 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
St Kilda 1 . 1 3 . 7 4 . 7 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 75 ESSE by 75
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

W. Goer
J. Spedding

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barr, Pat ? ? 1 ?
Brown, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Currie, Dave ? ? 1 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Alec ? ? 4 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Moore, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
Officer, Gus ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Tenbrink, Conrad ? ? 1 ?
Watson, Abe ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Archer, Artie ? ? 0 ?
Aylwin, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Beggs, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Tom ? ? 1 ?
Cumming, Mark ? ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Hogan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Jennings, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Kay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Lyons, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Morehouse, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) ? ? 1 ?
Smith, Howard ? ? 1 ?
Stewart, Andy ? ? 2 ?
Stewart, George ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Walter ? ? 0 ?
Whitelaw, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 7

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