1898 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1898 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round six of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Ned Sutton captained the hosts with George Moysey as vice-captain. Bill Fraser captained the visitors with Dick Gibson as vice-captain.

Melbourne (1.7.13) were defeated by South Melbourne (2.3.15).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 June 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 1.7.13 - 2.3.15

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 0 1 . 2 1 . 5 1 . 7 1 . 7 (13)
South Melbourne 0 . 1 0 . 2 1 . 2 2 . 3 2 . 3 (15)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 6 MELB by 3 SMLB by 2 SMLB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton
Vice-Captain: George Moysey

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Byers, Eddie WR ? 0 ?
Davey, Tom FPR ? 0 ?
Graham, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie HBFR ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis FF ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFR ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
McLeod, Norm BPR ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry WL ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moysey, George (vc) CHF ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick RU ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie HBFL ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally HFFL ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave BPL ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) FB ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick RU ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf CHB ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie FPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 1 7

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave CHB ? 0 ?
Burns, Allen FPR ? 1 ?
Colgan, Charlie FF ? 0 ?
Cornelius, George HFFR ? 0 ?
Davidson, George HBFL ? 0 ?
Fleming, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill (c) CHF ? 1 ?
Gibson, Dick (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom HFFL ? 0 ?
Jeanneret, Henri HBFR ? 0 ?
Jolly, Jim C ? 0 ?
Machin, Artie FPL ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry RU ? 0 ?
Ralph, Jason BPL ? 0 ?
Southern, Jack WL ? 0 ?
Sparrow, George WR ? 0 ?
Trim, Albert BPR ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill RO ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
J. Ralph F. O'Hara A. Trim J. Graham

T. Davey D. Lanigan C. Young G. Moodie

FORWARD D. Pirrie

HALF-BACK D. Wardill

G. Davidson D. Adamson H. Jeanneret F. McGinis

J. Leith G. Moysey (vc) W. Steele



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



J. Southern J. Jolly G. Sparrow



E. Byers A. Lewis H. Mitchell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE J. Fleming

HALF-FORWARD D. Gibson (vc)

T. Gilligan B. Fraser (c) G. Cornelius M. Pleass

M. Herring A. Wood E. Sholl H. Purdy

HALF-BACK B. Windley

FORWARD



A. Machin C. Colgan A. Burns



N. McLeod N. Sutton (c) D. Strahan



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ?.0.? - 0.?.? ??:??
1.0.6 - 0.1.1 ??:??
Q2 unknown behind 1.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 1.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 ??:??
Q3 1.?.? - ?.2.? ??:??
1.?.? - ?.2.? ??:??
1.?.? - ?.2.? ??:??
1.5.11 - 1.2.8 ??:??
Q4 1.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
1.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
1.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
1.7.13 - 2.3.15 ??:??