1898 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1898 between Geelong and Essendon during round six of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. George Stuckey captained the visitors with Gus Kearney as vice-captain.

Geelong (4.7.31) defeated Essendon (3.6.24).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 June 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 4.7.31 - 3.6.24

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 2 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 7 4 . 7 (31)
Essendon 2 . 0 3 . 3 3 . 3 3 . 6 3 . 6 (24)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 7 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
D. Shine

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barling, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Dear, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 0 ?
Leahy, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Leighton, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Walker, Dick ? ? 1 ?
White, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 7

Essendon

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

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