1899 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1899 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round five of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Eddie Sholl captained the hosts. Alec Sloan captained the visitors with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain.

Melbourne (4.11.35) defeated Fitzroy (3.6.24).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 June 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 4.11.35 - 3.6.24

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 3 . 7 4 . 10 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Fitzroy 0 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 6 3 . 6 3 . 6 (24)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 9 MELB by 10 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Keenan

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Middleton

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Cec CHF ? 0 ?
Davidson, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred FF ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie CHB ? 0 ?
Illingworth, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFL ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan WR ? 0 ?
Moysey, George HFFR ? 0 ?
Reid, Curtis FB ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les BPL ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy FPR ? 1 ?
Sholl, Eddie (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick RU ? 1 ?
Young, Charlie FPL ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 11

Fitzroy

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

Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
J. Grace J. Power J. Deas G. Moodie

T. Ryan F. Elliott C. Young D. Wardill

FORWARD F. McGinis

HALF-BACK



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



G. Moysey C. Cumberland J. Leith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



B. Thompson H. Clarke E. Drohan



D. Moriarty A. Lewis A. Sowden FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE M. Grace

HALF-FORWARD B. Potter

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

E. Sholl (c) M. Herring C. Illingworth



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



E. Jenkins P. Descrimes A. McDougall



J. Davidson C. Reid L. Rippon



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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