1898 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1898 between Melbourne and Geelong during round seven of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Ned Sutton captained the hosts with George Moysey as vice-captain. Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.

Melbourne (9.5.59) defeated Geelong (5.9.39).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 June 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 9.5.59 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 1 9 . 4 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Geelong 0 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 4 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 9 MELB by 30 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton
Vice-Captain: George Moysey

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
W. Watling

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aitken, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Byers, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Davey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 1 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 2 ?
McLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Russell, Jimmy ? ? 2 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 5

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barling, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Brockwell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
Dear, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Dore, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
James, Eddy ? ? 0 ?
Leighton, Ernie ? ? 3 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie ? ? 0 ?
Walker, Dick ? ? 2 ?
White, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 9

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