1898 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1898 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round four of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Alec Sloan captained the hosts with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors with George Moysey as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (4.14.38) defeated Melbourne (2.7.19).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 May 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 4.14.38 - 2.7.19

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fitzroy	1	.	2	1	.	7	2	.	11	4	.	14	4	.	14	(38)
Melbourne	1	.	2	1	.	3	1	.	5	2	.	7	2	.	7	(19)
Margin	level			FITZ by 4			FITZ by 12			FITZ by 19			FITZ by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton
Vice-Captain: George Moysey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

J. Rickard
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Cleary, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Dalton, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Dalton, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Descrimes, Pat	?	?	0	?
	Drohan, Eddie	?	?	0	?
	Grace, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Grace, Mick	?	?	0	?
	Hickey, Pat	?	?	0	?
	Jenkins, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Jenkins, Ern	?	?	0	?
	Kiernan, Chris	?	?	0	?
	McKay, Dick	?	?	2	?
	McSpeerin, Bill (vc)	?	?	0	?
	Nolan, Jerry	?	?	0	?
	Noonan, Paddy	?	?	0	?
	Potter, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Reid, Stan	?	?	0	?
	Robinson, James	?	?	0	?
	Sharpe, Bert	?	?	2	?
	Sloan, Alec (c)	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				4	14

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Byers, Eddie	?	?	0	?
	Davey, Tom	?	?	0	?
	Geddes, Stewart	?	?	0	?
	Herring, Maurie	?	?	0	?
	Lanigan, Denis	?	?	0	?
	Leith, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Lewis, Austin	?	?	0	?
	MacPherson, Les	?	?	0	?
	McGinis, Fred	?	?	0	?
	McLeod, Norm	?	?	0	?
	Mitchell, Henry	?	?	0	?
	Moodie, George	?	?	0	?
	Moysey, George (vc)	?	?	0	?
	Pirrie, Dick	?	?	0	?
	Sholl, Eddie	?	?	0	?
	Staines, Frank	?	?	0	?
	Strahan, Dave	?	?	0	?
	Sutton, Ned (c)	?	?	0	?
	Wood, Alf	?	?	0	?
	Young, Charlie	?	?	2	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				2	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

Score Timeline

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Links

1898 VFL Season

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