1899 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1899 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round two of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Bill Proudfoot captained the hosts with Dick Condon as vice-captain. Eddie Sholl captained the visitors.

Collingwood (4.3.27) were defeated by Melbourne (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 May 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Melbourne
Score: 4.3.27 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 0 . 2 1 . 2 2 . 2 4 . 3 4 . 3 (27)
Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 7 6 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 17 MELB by 30 MELB by 27 MELB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Bill Proudfoot
Vice-Captain: Dick Condon

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

J. Elliott
J. Russ

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Catlin, Alf CHF ? 0 ?
Condon, Dick (vc) RO ? 0 ?
Dow, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
Fell, Matthew BPR ? 0 ?
Geddes, Jack FF ? 0 ?
Gillard, Wal HFFL ? 0 ?
Hailwood, Frank RU ? 1 ?
Hellwig, Herman FPL ? 0 ?
Leach, Arthur HBFL ? 0 ?
Monohan, Jack CHB ? 0 ?
O'Brien, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
Pannam, Charlie C ? 0 ?
Proudfoot, Bill (c) FB ? 0 ?
Rush, Bob BPL ? 0 ?
Sime, Charlie WR ? 0 ?
Tame, Alby WL ? 0 ?
Tulloch, Lardie HFFR ? 3 ?
Williams, George FPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 3

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Vic RU ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred FF ? 1 ?
Geddes, Stewart FB ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie HBFL ? 0 ?
Illingworth, Charlie BPR ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFL ? 4 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 1 ?
Moriarty, Dan HBFR ? 0 ?
Moysey, George CHF ? 1 ?
Rippon, Les BPL ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy FPR ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie (c) WR ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick HFFR ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf CHB ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie FPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 12

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

Collingwood Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
L. Rippon S. Geddes C. Illingworth C. Dow

G. Williams J. Geddes H. Hellwig F. Hailwood

FORWARD D. Condon (vc)

HALF-BACK



M. Herring A. Wood D. Moriarty



L. Tulloch A. Catlin W. Gillard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



A. Sowden A. Lewis E. Sholl (c)



C. Sime C. Pannam A. Tame FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE V. Cumberland

HALF-FORWARD G. Moodie

J. Leith G. Moysey D. Wardill F. McGinis

B. O'Brien J. Monohan A. Leach



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



C. Young F. Elliott T. Ryan



M. Fell B. Proudfoot (c) B. Rush



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown