1898 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1898 between Essendon and Melbourne during round five of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Gus Kearney as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors with George Moysey as vice-captain.

Essendon (6.12.48) defeated Melbourne (3.5.23).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 June 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 6.12.48 - 3.5.23

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 2 . 4 5 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Melbourne 1 . 0 2 . 3 3 . 5 3 . 5 3 . 5 (23)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton
Vice-Captain: George Moysey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
J. Jones

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Croft, Edgar ? ? 1 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Alec ? ? 1 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 0 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 1 ?
Moore, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Vautin, George ? ? 0 ?
Waugh, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Byers, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Davey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 1 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 1 ?
McLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moore, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 5

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