1899 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1899 between Melbourne and Geelong during round four of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Eddie Sholl captained the hosts. Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.

Melbourne (4.8.32) defeated Geelong (4.3.27).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 May 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 4.8.32 - 4.3.27

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 2 4 . 6 4 . 8 4 . 8 (32)
Geelong 0 . 1 1 . 1 2 . 2 4 . 3 4 . 3 (27)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 19 MELB by 16 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McCoy

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
J. Russ

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Vic RU ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred FF ? 1 ?
Herring, Maurie HBFL ? 0 ?
Illingworth, Charlie BPR ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan WR ? 0 ?
Moysey, George CHF ? 1 ?
Pirrie, Dick FPL ? 1 ?
Reid, Curtis FB ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les BPL ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy FPR ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick HFFR ? 1 ?
Wood, Alf CHB ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie HFFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Belcher, Norman BPR ? 0 ?
Buchan, Tommy HBFR ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter CHB ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) C ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim HBFL ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy HFFL ? 0 ?
James, Eddy FF ? 3 ?
Leighton, Ernie CHF ? 0 ?
Lockwood, George HFFR ? 0 ?
Lockwood, Teddy FB ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim FPL ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Palmer, Jimmy WR ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur BPL ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy RO ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie WL ? 0 ?
White, Fred FPR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 3

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

Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
A. Pincott T. Lockwood N. Belcher V. Cumberland

T. Ryan F. Elliott D. Pirrie G. Moodie

FORWARD F. McGinis

HALF-BACK



J. Flynn P. Burns T. Buchan



D. Wardill G. Moysey C. Young



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



A. Thompson J. Conway (c) J. Palmer



D. Moriarty A. Lewis A. Sowden FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE J. McShane (vc)

HALF-FORWARD J. Parkin

T. Holligan E. Leighton G. Lockwood T. Rankin

E. Sholl (c) A. Wood M. Herring



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



J. McShane E. James F. White



C. Illingworth C. Reid L. Rippon



BACK



Geelong Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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4.8.32 - 4.3.27 ??:??