1899 VFL Round 8: Essendon v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1899 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round 8 of the 1899 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Fitzroy at East Melbourne.
George Stuckey captained the hosts.
Alec Sloan captained the visitors with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain.
Essendon
Back:
T. Kinnear, G. Officer, P. O'Loughlin
Half-back:
S. Barry, T. Collins, G. Stuckey (capt.)
Centre:
J. Groves, H. Wright, G. Hastings
Half-forward:
H. Gavin, B. Jackson, J. Larkin
Forward:
C. Moore, G. Martin, B. Griffith
Follower:
H. Fitzpatrick, C. Forbes, A. Cleghorn
Fitzroy
Back:
B. Dalton, G. Moriarty, J. Deas
Half-back:
A. Sloan (capt.), P. Hickey, J. Dalton
Centre:
E. Drohan, H. Clarke, J. Robinson
Half-forward:
C. Kiernan, J. Grace, B. Sharpe
Forward:
C. Foletta, P. Descrimes, A. McDougall
Follower:
M. Grace, B. Potter, B. McSpeerin (vice-capt.)
Essendon (6.15.51) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.3.63).
Goalkickers
Essendon: H. Fitzpatrick (3), A. Cleghorn, G. Martin, C. Moore
Fitzroy: J. Grace (3), M. Grace (2), P. Descrimes, C. Kiernan, A. McDougall, B. McSpeerin, B. Sharpe
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 4th on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1899 VFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
Essendon
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 24 June 1899
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
East Melbourne
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 3 | . | 6 | 4 | . | 6 | 5 | . | 11 | 6 | . | 15 | 6 | . | 15 | (51) |
| Fitzroy | 1 | . | 0 | 6 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 10 | . | 3 | 10 | . | 3 | (63) |
| Margin | ESSE by 18 | FITZ by 9 | FITZ by 4 | FITZ by 12 | FITZ by 12 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
unknown
(Essendon),
unknown
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
George Stuckey
(Essendon),
Alec Sloan
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Essendon),
Bill McSpeerin
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
T. McCoy
Goal Umpire:
J. Jones,
R. Turpenny
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Barry, Son | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cleghorn, Arthur | RO | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Collins, Tod | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fitzpatrick, Hugh | RU | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Forbes, Charlie | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gavin, Hugh | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Griffith, Billy | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Groves, Joe | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hastings, George | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jackson, Bill | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kinnear, Ted | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Larkin, Jimmy | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Martin, George | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Moore, Charlie | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Officer, Gus | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Loughlin, Pat | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stuckey, George (c) | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wright, Harry | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 6 | 15 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Clarke, Harry | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dalton, Bill | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dalton, Jack | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Deas, Jack | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Descrimes, Pat | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Drohan, Eddie | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Foletta, Charlie | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Grace, Jim | CHF | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Grace, Mick | RU | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Hickey, Pat | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kiernan, Chris | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| McDougall, Abe | FPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| McSpeerin, Bill (vc) | RO | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Moriarty, Geoff | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Potter, Bill | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Robinson, James | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sharpe, Bert | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Sloan, Alec (c) | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 10 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| B. Dalton | G. Moriarty | J. Deas | H. Fitzpatrick |
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| B. Griffith | G. Martin | C. Moore | C. Forbes |
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| A. Sloan (c) | P. Hickey | J. Dalton |
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| J. Larkin | B. Jackson | H. Gavin |
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| E. Drohan | H. Clarke | J. Robinson |
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| G. Hastings | H. Wright | J. Groves | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
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| C. Kiernan | J. Grace | B. Sharpe | B. McSpeerin (vc) |
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| G. Stuckey (c) | T. Collins | S. Barry |
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| C. Foletta | P. Descrimes | A. McDougall |
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| P. O'Loughlin | G. Officer | T. Kinnear |
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