1898 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1898 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round five of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Alec Sloan captained the visitors with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain.

Geelong (4.10.34) were defeated by Fitzroy (6.3.39).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 4 June 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 4.10.34 - 6.3.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 8 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 3 . 2 5 . 2 6 . 3 6 . 3 (39)
Margin FITZ by 5 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
D. Shine

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 1 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Cooke, Walter ? ? 0 ?
Dear, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Dore, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Greeves, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 1 ?
Leahy, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Leighton, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 1 ?
O'Loughlin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Walker, Dick ? ? 0 ?
White, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cleary, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 1 ?
Drohan, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 2 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 1 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Potter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Robinson, James ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 3

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