1898 VFL Season Round 7: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1898 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain. Alec Sloan captained the visitors with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain.

South Melbourne (7.9.51) defeated Fitzroy (2.10.22).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 June 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 7.9.51 - 2.10.22

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 9 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Fitzroy 0 . 1 0 . 7 0 . 7 2 . 10 2 . 10 (22)
Margin SMLB by 26 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 38 SMLB by 29 SMLB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

W. Goer
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Allen ? ? 1 ?
Colgan, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
Cornelius, George ? ? 1 ?
Davidson, George ? ? 0 ?
Davis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
Fleming, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Jeanneret, Henri ? ? 0 ?
Jolly, Jim ? ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Ralph, Jason ? ? 0 ?
Southern, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sparrow, George ? ? 0 ?
Trim, Albert ? ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Dalton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 0 ?
McDougall, Abe ? ? 0 ?
McEwen, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Potter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Robinson, James ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 10

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