1899 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1899 between Geelong and Essendon during round five of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. George Stuckey captained the visitors with Jim Anderson as vice-captain.

Geelong (3.10.28) defeated Essendon (3.6.24).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 June 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 3.10.28 - 3.6.24

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 1 1 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 10 3 . 10 (28)
Essendon 1 . 4 1 . 6 2 . 6 3 . 6 3 . 6 (24)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 2 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Jim Anderson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

J. Russ
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Buchan, Tommy HFFR ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter FF ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) CHF ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim HFFL ? 0 ?
Greeves, Ted C ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy HBFL ? 0 ?
James, Eddy FB ? 2 ?
Leahy, Paddy WR ? 0 ?
Leighton, Ernie CHB ? 0 ?
Lockwood, George HBFR ? 0 ?
Lockwood, Teddy BPR ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim BPL ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Palmer, Jimmy WL ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur FPL ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy RO ? 1 ?
Thompson, Archie FPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (vc) HBFL ? 0 ?
Barry, Son HFFL ? 1 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur RO ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod CHF ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Hugh RU ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie RU ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe WL ? 0 ?
Hastings, George WR ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted BPL ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy FPR ? 0 ?
Martin, George FF ? 2 ?
Moore, Charlie HFFR ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus FB ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Mick HBFR ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat FPL ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Wright, Harry C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 6

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
T. Kinnear G. Officer M. Collins J. McShane (vc)

A. Thompson P. Burns A. Pincott J. Parkin

FORWARD T. Rankin

HALF-BACK



J. Anderson (vc) G. Stuckey (c) M. O'Loughlin



T. Buchan J. Conway (c) J. Flynn



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



J. Groves H. Wright G. Hastings



P. Leahy T. Greeves J. Palmer FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE H. Fitzpatrick

HALF-FORWARD C. Forbes

S. Barry T. Collins C. Moore A. Cleghorn

G. Lockwood E. Leighton T. Holligan



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



P. O'Loughlin G. Martin J. Larkin



T. Lockwood E. James J. McShane



BACK



Essendon Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

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