1899 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1899 between Essendon and Melbourne during round six of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts with Jim Anderson as vice-captain. Eddie Sholl captained the visitors.

Essendon (4.6.30) defeated Melbourne (1.10.16).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 June 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 4.6.30 - 1.10.16

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 2 . 3 3 . 6 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Melbourne 0 . 1 0 . 7 1 . 7 1 . 10 1 . 10 (16)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Jim Anderson

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Gibson

Goal Umpires

W. Bruton
F. Franks

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
Barry, Son HBFL ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur RO ? 1 ?
Collins, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod HFFR ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Hugh RU ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie RU ? 1 ?
Gavin, Hugh FF ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe WL ? 0 ?
Hastings, George WR ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted BPL ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy HFFL ? 0 ?
Martin, George FPL ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus FB ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat FPR ? 1 ?
Stuckey, George (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
Thurgood, Albert CHF ? 1 ?
Wright, Harry C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Cec CHF ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred FF ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart BPR ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie HBFL ? 0 ?
Illingworth, Charlie WL ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFL ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
MacPherson, Les FPL ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 1 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan WR ? 0 ?
Reid, Curtis FB ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les BPL ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy FPR ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick RU ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf CHB ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie HFFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 1 10

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

Essendon Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
L. Rippon C. Reid S. Geddes H. Fitzpatrick

P. O'Loughlin H. Gavin G. Martin C. Forbes

FORWARD A. Cleghorn

HALF-BACK



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



T. Collins A. Thurgood J. Larkin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



C. Illingworth A. Lewis D. Moriarty



G. Hastings H. Wright J. Groves FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE G. Moodie

HALF-FORWARD D. Wardill

J. Leith C. Cumberland C. Young F. McGinis

G. Stuckey (c) J. Anderson (vc) S. Barry



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



L. MacPherson F. Elliott T. Ryan



M. Collins G. Officer T. Kinnear



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ?.?.? - 0.?.? ??:??
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2.3.15 - 0.1.1 ??:??
Q2 MELB unknown behind 2.3.15 - 0.2.2 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 2.3.15 - 0.3.3 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 2.3.15 - 0.4.4 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 2.3.15 - 0.5.5 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 2.3.15 - 0.6.6 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 2.3.15 - 0.7.7 ??:??
Q3 ?.?.? - ?.7.? ??:??
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3.6.24 - 1.7.13 ??:??
Q4 ?.6.? - 1.?.? ??:??
?.6.? - 1.?.? ??:??
?.6.? - 1.?.? ??:??
4.6.30 - 1.10.16 ??:??