1899 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1899 between Melbourne and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Eddie Sholl captained the hosts. George Stuckey captained the visitors with Jim Anderson as vice-captain.

Melbourne (3.7.25) were defeated by Essendon (5.8.38).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 August 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 3.7.25 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 4 3 . 6 3 . 7 3 . 7 (25)
Essendon 1 . 2 2 . 3 5 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin ESSE by 1 MELB by 7 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Jim Anderson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
J. Elliott

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Cec CHF ? 1 ?
Cumberland, Vic RU ? 0 ?
Elliott, Fred FPR ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart BPL ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie CHB ? 0 ?
Illingworth, Charlie HBFL ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFL ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
MacPherson, Les HFFR ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
Mitchell, Henry WR ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick FF ? 0 ?
Reid, Curtis FB ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les BPR ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy RU ? 2 ?
Scanlan, Pat FPL ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 0 ?
Jackson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Moore, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
Officer, Gus ? ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Stamp, Alby ? ? 2 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 8

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






V. Cumberland

F. Elliott D. Pirrie P. Scanlan T. Ryan

FORWARD F. McGinis

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L. MacPherson C. Cumberland J. Leith



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H. Mitchell A. Lewis C. Young FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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E. Sholl (c) M. Herring C. Illingworth



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L. Rippon C. Reid S. Geddes



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Essendon Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

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