1899 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1899 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round three of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Alec Sloan captained the visitors with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain.

Geelong (0.8.8) were defeated by Fitzroy (4.8.32).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Wednesday 24 May 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 0.8.8 - 4.8.32

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 4 0 . 4 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 8 (8)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 2 . 5 3 . 5 4 . 8 4 . 8 (32)
Margin GEEL by 4 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Gibson

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Buchan, Tommy HBFL ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter FB ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim FPL ? 0 ?
Greeves, Ted HFFL ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy HFFR ? 0 ?
James, Eddy FF ? 0 ?
Leahy, Paddy WR ? 0 ?
Leighton, Ernie CHF ? 0 ?
Lockwood, George HBFR ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth C ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim FPR ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Palmer, Jimmy WL ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur BPR ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy RO ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie BPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 0 8

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Clarke, Harry C ? 0 ?
Dalton, Bill HFFR ? 0 ?
Deas, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat FF ? 0 ?
Drohan, Eddie BPL ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim HBFR ? 1 ?
Grace, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Hickey, Pat CHB ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern FPL ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris HFFL ? 1 ?
McDougall, Abe FPR ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) RO ? 2 ?
Potter, Bill RU ? 0 ?
Power, Johnny FB ? 0 ?
Robinson, James WR ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert CHF ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Thompson, Bill WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
E. Drohan J. Power J. Deas J. McShane (vc)

J. McShane E. James J. Flynn J. Parkin

FORWARD T. Rankin

HALF-BACK



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



T. Holligan E. Leighton T. Greeves



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



B. Thompson H. Clarke J. Robinson



P. Leahy F. McCallum J. Palmer FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE M. Grace

HALF-FORWARD B. Potter

C. Kiernan B. Sharpe B. Dalton B. McSpeerin (vc)

G. Lockwood J. Conway (c) T. Buchan



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



E. Jenkins P. Descrimes A. McDougall



A. Pincott P. Burns A. Thompson



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL unknown behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 ??:??
GEEL unknown behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 ??:??
GEEL unknown behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 ??:??
GEEL unknown behind 0.4.4 - 0.0.0 ??:??
Q2 FITZ 0.4.4 - ?.?.? ??:??
FITZ 0.4.4 - ?.?.? ??:??
FITZ 0.4.4 - ?.?.? ??:??
FITZ 0.4.4 - ?.?.? ??:??
FITZ 0.4.4 - ?.?.? ??:??
FITZ 0.4.4 - ?.?.? ??:??
FITZ 0.4.4 - 2.5.17 ??:??
Q3 0.?.? - ?.5.? ??:??
0.?.? - ?.5.? ??:??
0.?.? - ?.5.? ??:??
0.7.7 - 3.5.23 ??:??
Q4 0.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
0.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
0.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
0.?.? - ?.?.? ??:??
0.8.8 - 4.8.32 ??:??