1898 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1898 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round eight of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Ned Sutton captained the hosts. In the absence of Billy Shaw, Harry Aylwin captained the visitors.

Melbourne (5.15.45) defeated St Kilda (3.3.21).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 25 June 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 5.15.45 - 3.3.21

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 8 2 . 11 3 . 15 5 . 15 5 . 15 (45)
St Kilda 1 . 0 2 . 2 2 . 2 3 . 3 3 . 3 (21)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 9 MELB by 19 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

St Kilda

Captain: Harry Aylwin (acting)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

J. Rickard
J. Spedding

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aitken, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Byers, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Howard, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
MacPherson, Les ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Russell, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
Scanlan, Pat ? ? 2 ?
Staines, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aylwin, Harry (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Brady, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Brookes, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Damman, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Dando, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
Duigan, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Fogarty, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Jennings, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Jones, Ernest ? ? 0 ?
McNamara, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Morehouse, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Howard ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Andy ? ? 2 ?
Whitelaw, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Woodhouse, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 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