1898 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 3: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 September 1898 between Collingwood and Melbourne during the third round-robin final round of the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Bill Proudfoot captained the hosts with Dick Condon as vice-captain. Ned Sutton captained the visitors.

Collingwood (7.13.55) defeated Melbourne (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Round: Third Round-Robin Final
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 September 1898
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 5 5 . 9 6 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Melbourne 3 . 0 3 . 0 6 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin MELB by 1 COLL by 21 COLL by 7 COLL by 14 COLL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Bill Proudfoot
Vice-Captain: Dick Condon

Melbourne

Captain: Ned Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Russ

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Condon, Dick (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Cowell, George ? ? 0 ?
Dow, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Dowdall, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Fell, Matthew ? ? 0 ?
Gillard, Wal ? ? 0 ?
Gregory, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Hailwood, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Hellwig, Herman ? ? 0 ?
Kennedy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Leach, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Leach, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Lynch, Mick ? ? 1 ?
O'Brien, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Pannam, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Proudfoot, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Sime, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Archie ? ? 4 ?
Stranger, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Williams, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Atkinson, Art ? ? 0 ?
Atkinson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Davidson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Johnstone, George ? ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 1 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 2 ?
Rippon, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Steele, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sutton, Ned (c) ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 5

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