1898 VFL Season Round 13: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1898 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors.

South Melbourne (6.7.43) defeated Melbourne (5.8.38).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 August 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 6.7.43 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Melbourne	0	.	2	4	.	3	4	.	7	6	.	7	6	.	7	(43)
Melbourne	0	.	3	2	.	6	3	.	7	5	.	8	5	.	8	(38)
Margin	MELB by 1			SMLB by 9			SMLB by 6			SMLB by 5			SMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Burns, Allen	?	?	0	?
	Colgan, Charlie	?	?	3	?
	Cornelius, George	?	?	0	?
	Davidson, George	?	?	0	?
	Davis, Johnny	?	?	0	?
	Fraser, Bill (c)	?	?	0	?
	Gardner, Harry	?	?	0	?
	Gibson, Dick (vc)	?	?	2	?
	Gilligan, Tom	?	?	0	?
	Howson, Bert	?	?	0	?
	Jeanneret, Henri	?	?	0	?
	McNair, Arch	?	?	0	?
	O'Hara, Frank	?	?	0	?
	Pleass, Mick	?	?	1	?
	Purdy, Harry	?	?	0	?
	Robertson, Val	?	?	0	?
	Sparrow, George	?	?	0	?
	Taylor, George	?	?	0	?
	Trim, Albert	?	?	0	?
	Windley, Bill	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				6	7

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Coghlan, Johnny	?	?	0	?
	Davidson, Jack	?	?	0	?
	Geddes, Stewart	?	?	0	?
	Hagenauer, Henry	?	?	0	?
	Lanigan, Denis	?	?	0	?
	Leith, Jack	?	?	3	?
	Lewis, Austin	?	?	0	?
	McGinis, Fred	?	?	0	?
	Mitchell, Henry	?	?	0	?
	Moodie, George	?	?	0	?
	Rippon, Les	?	?	0	?
	Robertson, Dick	?	?	0	?
	Russell, Jimmy	?	?	0	?
	Scanlan, Pat	?	?	0	?
	Sholl, Eddie	?	?	0	?
	Steele, Wally	?	?	0	?
	Sutton, Ned (c)	?	?	0	?
	Wardill, Dick	?	?	1	?
	Wood, Alf	?	?	0	?
	Young, Charlie	?	?	1	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	8

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

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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			5.7.37	-	5.8.38	??:??
	SMLB	Dick Gibson goal	6.7.43	-	5.8.38	??:??

Links

1898 VFL Season

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