1898 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1898 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twelve of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Alec Sloan captained the hosts with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain. Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (5.9.39) defeated Geelong (4.6.30).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 July 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 5.9.39 - 4.6.30

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fitzroy	1	.	1	1	.	4	1	.	7	5	.	9	5	.	9	(39)
Geelong	2	.	3	2	.	4	3	.	5	4	.	6	4	.	6	(30)
Margin	GEEL by 8			GEEL by 6			GEEL by 10			FITZ by 9			FITZ by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Clarke, Harry	?	?	0	?
	Dalton, Bill	?	?	2	?
	Dalton, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Descrimes, Pat	?	?	0	?
	Drohan, Eddie	?	?	0	?
	Fontaine, Fred	?	?	0	?
	Grace, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Grace, Mick	?	?	0	?
	Kiernan, Chris	?	?	2	?
	McDougall, Abe	?	?	0	?
	McKay, Dick	?	?	0	?
	McSpeerin, Bill (vc)	?	?	0	?
	Nolan, Jerry	?	?	0	?
	Noonan, Paddy	?	?	1	?
	Potter, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Reid, Stan	?	?	0	?
	Robinson, James	?	?	0	?
	Sharpe, Bert	?	?	0	?
	Shaw, George	?	?	0	?
	Sloan, Alec (c)	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	9

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Bailiff, Les	?	?	0	?
	Brockwell, Sam	?	?	0	?
	Burns, Peter	?	?	0	?
	Conway, Jack (c)	?	?	0	?
	Cooke, Walter	?	?	0	?
	Flynn, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Holligan, Teddy	?	?	0	?
	James, Eddy	?	?	2	?
	King, Alec	?	?	0	?
	Leighton, Ernie	?	?	0	?
	McCallum, Firth	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Henry	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Jim	?	?	0	?
	McShane, Joe (vc)	?	?	0	?
	O'Loughlin, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Parkin, Jack	?	?	1	?
	Pincott, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Thompson, Archie	?	?	0	?
	Walker, Dick	?	?	1	?
	White, Fred	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				4	6

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

Score Timeline

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Links

1898 VFL Season

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