1899 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1899 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round one of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Alec Sloan captained the hosts with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain. George Stuckey captained the visitors with Jim Anderson as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (6.11.47) defeated Essendon (0.9.9).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 May 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 6.11.47 - 0.9.9

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 1 2 . 4 3 . 8 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Essendon 0 . 3 0 . 5 0 . 6 0 . 9 0 . 9 (9)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 38 FITZ by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Jim Anderson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Clarke, Harry C ? 0 ?
Dalton, Bill HFFR ? 0 ?
Dalton, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat FF ? 1 ?
Drohan, Eddie BPL ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim FB ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Hickey, Pat CHB ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern FPL ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris HFFL ? 0 ?
McDougall, Abe FPR ? 1 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) RO ? 2 ?
Nolan, Jerry BPR ? 0 ?
Potter, Bill RU ? 0 ?
Robinson, James WR ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert CHF ? 2 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Thompson, Bill WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
Barry, Son HFFR ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur RO ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod HFFL ? 0 ?
Cullen, Jim WR ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy FPL ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe WL ? 0 ?
Hastings, George HBFR ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted BPL ? 0 ?
Martin, George FPR ? 0 ?
Moore, Charlie FF ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Mick CHF ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat RU ? 0 ?
Scott, Fred FB ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Wright, Harry C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 0 9

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

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
T. Kinnear F. Scott M. Collins M. Grace

A. McDougall P. Descrimes E. Jenkins B. Potter

FORWARD B. McSpeerin (vc)

HALF-BACK



G. Stuckey (c) J. Anderson (vc) G. Hastings



B. Dalton B. Sharpe C. Kiernan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



J. Groves H. Wright J. Cullen



J. Robinson H. Clarke B. Thompson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE C. Forbes

HALF-FORWARD P. O'Loughlin

T. Collins M. O'Loughlin S. Barry A. Cleghorn

J. Dalton P. Hickey A. Sloan (c)



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



B. Griffith C. Moore G. Martin



J. Nolan J. Grace E. Drohan



BACK



Essendon Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FITZ Pat Descrimes goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 ??:??
FITZ Bert Sharpe behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 ??:??
FITZ Bert Sharpe goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 ??:??
ESSE Charlie Moore behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 ??:??
ESSE Pat O'Loughlin behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 ??:??
ESSE Harry Wright behind 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 ??:??
Q2 unknown behind 2.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 2.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 2.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 2.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
unknown behind 2.4.16 - 0.5.5 ??:??
Q3 ?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
3.8.26 - 0.6.6 ??:??
Q4 ?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
6.11.47 - 0.9.9 ??:??