This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1898 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eight of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League.
Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval.
Alec Sloan captained the hosts.
George Stuckey captained the visitors.
Fitzroy (2.4.16) were defeated by Essendon (8.11.59).
Match Details
Season:
1898 VFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
Fitzroy
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 25 June 1898
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Brunswick Street Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
Fitzroy
def. by
Essendon
Score:
2.4.16 - 8.11.59
Player Statistics
Fitzroy
|
#
|
Player
|
Pos.
|
ToG%
|
GL
|
BH
|
|
|
Dalton, Bill
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Dalton, Jack
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Descrimes, Pat
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Drohan, Eddie
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Grace, Jim
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Grace, Mick
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
?
|
|
|
Hickey, Pat
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Jenkins, Charlie
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Jenkins, Ern
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Kiernan, Chris
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
McDougall, Abe
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
McEwen, Hugh
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Muirhead, Arch
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
?
|
|
|
Nolan, Jerry
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Noonan, Paddy
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Potter, Bill
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Reid, Stan
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Robinson, James
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Sharpe, Bert
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Sloan, Alec
(c)
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
Rushed
|
?
|
|
Total
(20 players)
|
2
|
4
|
Essendon
|
#
|
Player
|
Pos.
|
ToG%
|
GL
|
BH
|
|
|
Anderson, Jim
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Barry, Son
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Cleghorn, Arthur
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
?
|
|
|
Collins, Maurie
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Collins, Tod
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
?
|
|
|
Forbes, Charlie
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Gardner, Corrie
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Gavin, Hugh
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Groves, Joe
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Hall, Alec
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
?
|
|
|
Hastings, George
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Jackson, Bill
|
?
|
?
|
2
|
?
|
|
|
Kinnear, Ted
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Martin, George
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Moore, Charlie
|
?
|
?
|
2
|
?
|
|
|
Officer, Gus
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
O'Loughlin, Pat
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
?
|
|
|
Stuckey, George
(c)
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Vautin, George
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
|
Wright, Harry
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
?
|
|
Rushed
|
?
|
|
Total
(20 players)
|
8
|
11
|
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