1898 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1898 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Alec Sloan captained the hosts with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain. In the absence of Bill Fraser, vice-captain Dick Gibson captained the visitors.

Fitzroy (9.11.65) defeated South Melbourne (1.4.10).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 August 1898
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 9.11.65 - 1.4.10

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 0 5 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
South Melbourne 0 . 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 1 . 4 1 . 4 (10)
Margin FITZ by 23 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 35 FITZ by 55 FITZ by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

South Melbourne

Captain: Dick Gibson (acting)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
J. Spedding

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 1 ?
Drohan, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Fontaine, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 2 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 1 ?
McDougall, Abe ? ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 1 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Potter, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Power, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
Robinson, James ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 2 ?
Shaw, George ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Burns, Allen ? ? 0 ?
Chandler, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Colgan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Cornelius, George ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, George ? ? 0 ?
Davis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Howson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Jeanneret, Henri ? ? 0 ?
McArthur, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McNair, Arch ? ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Pleass, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Val ? ? 0 ?
Southern, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Trim, Albert ? ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 1 4

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