1898 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 2: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1898 between St Kilda and Melbourne during the second round-robin final round of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Billy Shaw captained the hosts with Harry Aylwin as vice-captain. In the absence of Ned Sutton, George Moysey captained the visitors.

St Kilda (2.5.17) were defeated by Melbourne (5.8.38).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Second Round-Robin Final
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 September 1898
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 2.5.17 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 0 1 . 2 1 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 5 (17)
Melbourne 2 . 4 2 . 6 4 . 8 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 10 MELB by 24 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain: Harry Aylwin

Melbourne

Captain: George Moysey (acting)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
J. Jones

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Aylwin, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Blake, George ? ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Dando, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
Duigan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Fogarty, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Hogan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill ? ? 0 ?
May, George ? ? 0 ?
Morgan, George ? ? 0 ?
Parker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Phillips, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Porter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rutherford, George ? ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Andy ? ? 1 ?
Stewart, George ? ? 0 ?
Warne, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Whitelaw, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Woodhouse, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 5

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Atkinson, Art ? ? 0 ?
Atkinson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill ? ? 1 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moysey, George (ac) ? ? 1 ?
Rippon, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 1 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
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