1899 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1899 between Geelong and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Jack Conway captained the hosts with Joe McShane as vice-captain. Eddie Sholl captained the visitors.

Geelong (5.6.36) defeated Melbourne (2.10.22).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 July 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 5.6.36 - 2.10.22

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 6 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Melbourne 0 . 3 2 . 6 2 . 10 2 . 10 2 . 10 (22)
Margin GEEL by 5 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Keenan

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Elliott

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Buchan, Tommy HBFR ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter FB ? 0 ?
Conway, Jack (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Dear, Alf WR ? 0 ?
Greeves, Ted C ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy HFFL ? 0 ?
James, Eddy FF ? 3 ?
Leighton, Ernie HBFL ? 0 ?
Lockwood, Teddy FPR ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth CHF ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim FPL ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Palmer, Jimmy WL ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry BPR ? 0 ?
Parkin, Jack RU ? 1 ?
Pincott, Arthur BPL ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy RO ? 0 ?
Thompson, Archie HFFR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 6

Melbourne

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

Geelong Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
L. Rippon C. Reid S. Geddes J. McShane (vc)

T. Lockwood E. James J. McShane J. Parkin

FORWARD T. Rankin

HALF-BACK



M. Herring A. Wood C. Illingworth



A. Thompson F. McCallum T. Holligan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



H. Mitchell A. Lewis E. Sholl (c)



A. Dear T. Greeves J. Palmer FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE G. Moodie

HALF-FORWARD D. Wardill

C. Young D. Pirrie T. Ryan F. McGinis

T. Buchan J. Conway (c) E. Leighton



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



J. Leith G. Moysey V. Cumberland



H. Parkin P. Burns A. Pincott



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

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