1898 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 1: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1898 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during the first round-robin final round of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain. Alec Sloan captained the visitors with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain.

South Melbourne (5.3.33) were defeated by Fitzroy (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: First Round-Robin Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 August 1898
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 5.3.33 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 1 2 . 1 3 . 1 5 . 3 5 . 3 (33)
Fitzroy 0 . 1 0 . 5 3 . 8 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin SMLB by 6 SMLB by 8 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

J. Elliott
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Allen ? ? 1 ?
Chandler, Joe ? ? 1 ?
Colgan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Cornelius, George ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, George ? ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Gibson, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Gilligan, Tom ? ? 3 ?
Howson, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Jeanneret, Henri ? ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Frank ? ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Val ? ? 0 ?
Sparrow, George ? ? 0 ?
Trim, Albert ? ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 3

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Drohan, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 2 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 0 ?
McDougall, Abe ? ? 1 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 1 ?
Nolan, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
Noonan, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
Potter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Power, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
Reid, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Robinson, James ? ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 11

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