1898 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 2: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1898 between South Melbourne and Essendon during the second round-robin final round of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Bill Fraser captained the hosts with Dick Gibson as vice-captain. George Stuckey captained the visitors.

South Melbourne (3.6.24) were defeated by Essendon (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Second Round-Robin Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 September 1898
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 3.6.24 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Melbourne	1	.	2	1	.	5	1	.	5	3	.	6	3	.	6	(24)
Essendon	3	.	2	3	.	3	5	.	7	5	.	11	5	.	11	(41)
Margin	ESSE by 12			ESSE by 10			ESSE by 26			ESSE by 17			ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
R. Turpenny

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

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

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
	Anderson, Jim	?	?	0	?
	Barry, Son	?	?	0	?
	Cleghorn, Arthur	?	?	0	?
	Collins, Maurie	?	?	0	?
	Collins, Tod	?	?	0	?
	Forbes, Charlie	?	?	0	?
	Gavin, Hugh	?	?	1	?
	Gray, Alf	?	?	0	?
	Groves, Joe	?	?	0	?
	Hastings, George	?	?	2	?
	Jackson, Bill	?	?	0	?
	Kinnear, Ted	?	?	0	?
	Martin, George	?	?	0	?
	Moore, Charlie	?	?	1	?
	Officer, Ned	?	?	0	?
	O'Loughlin, Pat	?	?	0	?
	Stuckey, George (c)	?	?	0	?
	Tenbrink, Conrad	?	?	1	?
	Vautin, George	?	?	0	?
	Wright, Harry	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				5	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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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			1.2.8	-	3.2.20	??:??
Q2		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	3.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	3.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.?.?	-	3.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	1.5.11	-	3.3.21	??:??
Q3	ESSE		1.5.11	-	?.?.?	??:??
	ESSE		1.5.11	-	?.?.?	??:??
	ESSE		1.5.11	-	?.?.?	??:??
	ESSE		1.5.11	-	?.?.?	??:??
	ESSE		1.5.11	-	?.?.?	??:??
	ESSE		1.5.11	-	5.7.37	??:??
Q4			?.?.?	-	5.?.?	??:??
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			?.?.?	-	5.?.?	??:??
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			3.6.24	-	5.11.41	??:??

Links

1898 VFL Season

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