1898 VFL Round 5: St Kilda v South Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1898 between St Kilda and South Melbourne during round 5 of the 1898 VFL season.
St Kilda hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval.
Billy Shaw captained the hosts with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain.
Bill Fraser captained the visitors with Dick Gibson as vice-captain.
St Kilda
B. Shaw (capt.), H. Aylwin (vice-capt.), M. Blake, T. Blake, P. Brady, J. Dando, T. Hall, J. Hogan, J. Jennings, A. Lowe, H. Lyons, B. Matthews, J. Morehouse, A. Richardson, G. Rutherford, H. Smith, A. Stewart, G. Stewart, W. Stewart, F. Whitelaw
South Melbourne
Back:
A. Trim, F. O'Hara, G. Sparrow
Half-back:
G. Davidson, D. Adamson, H. Jeanneret
Centre:
J. Southern, J. Jolly, B. Howson
Half-forward:
T. Gilligan, B. Fraser (capt.), A. Machin
Forward:
E. Brown, C. Colgan, A. Burns
Follower:
G. Cornelius, D. Gibson (vice-capt.), M. Pleass, H. Purdy, B. Windley
St Kilda (3.3.21) were defeated by South Melbourne (7.20.62).
Goalkickers
St Kilda: P. Brady (2), F. Whitelaw
South Melbourne: B. Fraser (2), H. Purdy (2), A. Burns, T. Gilligan, B. Windley
As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 8th on the ladder and South Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1898 VFL Season
Round:
Round 5
Teams:
St Kilda
v
South Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 4 June 1898
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Junction Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
St Kilda
def. by
South Melbourne
Score:
3.3.21 - 7.20.62
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| St Kilda | 0 | . | 2 | 0 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 3 | (21) |
| South Melbourne | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 10 | 5 | . | 16 | 7 | . | 20 | 7 | . | 20 | (62) |
| Margin | SMLB by 7 | SMLB by 32 | SMLB by 37 | SMLB by 41 | SMLB by 41 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
unknown
(St Kilda),
unknown
(South Melbourne)
Captains:
Billy Shaw
(St Kilda),
Bill Fraser
(South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Harry Aylwin
(St Kilda),
Dick Gibson
(South Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Keenan
Goal Umpire:
W. Goer,
W. Watling
Player Statistics
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Aylwin, Harry (vc) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Blake, Mick | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Blake, Tom | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brady, Peter | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Dando, Johnny | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hall, Ted | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hogan, Joe | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jennings, Jack | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lowe, Arch | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lyons, Horrie | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Matthews, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Morehouse, Joe | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Richardson, Arthur | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rutherford, George | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shaw, Billy (c) | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Howard | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stewart, Andy | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stewart, George | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stewart, Walter | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Whitelaw, Fred | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 3 | 3 | |||
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Adamson, Dave | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brown, Eddie | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Burns, Allen | FPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Colgan, Charlie | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cornelius, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Davidson, George | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fraser, Bill (c) | CHF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Gibson, Dick (vc) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gilligan, Tom | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Howson, Bert | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jeanneret, Henri | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jolly, Jim | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Machin, Artie | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Hara, Frank | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pleass, Mick | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Purdy, Harry | RU | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Southern, Jack | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sparrow, George | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Trim, Albert | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Windley, Bill | RO | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 7 | 20 | |||
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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| A. Trim | F. O'Hara | G. Sparrow | M. Blake |
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| FORWARD | J. Morehouse |
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| HALF-BACK | F. Whitelaw |
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| G. Davidson | D. Adamson | H. Jeanneret | B. Matthews |
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| A. Lowe | H. Lyons | P. Brady |
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| J. Southern | J. Jolly | B. Howson |
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| J. Dando | B. Shaw (c) | H. Smith | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | G. Cornelius |
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| HALF-FORWARD | D. Gibson (vc) |
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| T. Gilligan | B. Fraser (c) | A. Machin | M. Pleass |
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| G. Rutherford | H. Aylwin (vc) | J. Hogan | H. Purdy |
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| HALF-BACK | B. Windley |
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| E. Brown | C. Colgan | A. Burns |
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| T. Hall | G. Stewart | J. Jennings |
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| South Melbourne | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||