1898 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1898 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twelve of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ned Sutton captained the hosts. George Stuckey captained the visitors with Gus Kearney as vice-captain.

Melbourne (2.8.20) were defeated by Essendon (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 July 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 2.8.20 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 0 . 2 1 . 5 2 . 8 2 . 8 (20)
Essendon 3 . 2 7 . 4 8 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

J. Elliott
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Byers, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Coghlan, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Johnstone, George ? ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 1 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 0 ?
Russell, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 1 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 1 ?
Campbell, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 2 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 1 ?
Jackson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Kearney, Gus (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 2 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Tenbrink, Conrad ? ? 2 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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