1899 VFL Season Round 8: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1899 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round eight of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Billy Shaw captained the hosts. Eddie Sholl captained the visitors.

St Kilda (2.8.20) were defeated by Melbourne (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 June 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 2.8.20 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 3 2 . 4 2 . 7 2 . 8 2 . 8 (20)
Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin STKL by 2 STKL by 1 MELB by 5 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Billy Shaw

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hood

Goal Umpires

W. Bruton
C. Thomas

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Blackwood, Bill FPL ? 0 ?
Blake, Mick HBFR ? 0 ?
Blake, Tom RU ? 0 ?
Brady, Peter HFFL ? 0 ?
Dando, Johnny HFFR ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted CHF ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick RU ? 0 ?
McNamara, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
Minahan, Mick FPR ? 1 ?
Park, Jim BPL ? 0 ?
Shaw, Billy (c) C ? 0 ?
Smith, Howard WL ? 0 ?
Smith, Jimmy RO ? 0 ?
Sparrow, George HBFL ? 0 ?
Spilcker, George WR ? 0 ?
Stewart, Andy FF ? 1 ?
Stewart, George FB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Vic RU ? 0 ?
Davidson, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred FPL ? 1 ?
Geddes, Stewart CHF ? 0 ?
Illingworth, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFL ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry WR ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick FF ? 2 ?
Reid, Curtis FB ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les BPL ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy FPR ? 1 ?
Sholl, Eddie (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick RU ? 0 ?
Wood, Alf CHB ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie HFFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 7

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

St Kilda Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
L. Rippon C. Reid J. Davidson T. Blake

M. Minahan A. Stewart B. Blackwood D. McKay

FORWARD J. Smith

HALF-BACK



C. Illingworth A. Wood E. Sholl (c)



J. Dando T. Hall P. Brady



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



A. Sowden A. Lewis H. Mitchell



G. Spilcker B. Shaw (c) H. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE V. Cumberland

HALF-FORWARD D. Wardill

J. Leith S. Geddes C. Young F. McGinis

M. Blake T. McNamara G. Sparrow



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



F. Elliott D. Pirrie T. Ryan



B. Matthews G. Stewart J. Park



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

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