1899 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1899 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Dave Adamson captained the hosts with Bill Windley as vice-captain. Eddie Sholl captained the visitors.

South Melbourne (6.13.49) defeated Melbourne (6.6.42).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 1899
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 6.13.49 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 4 4 . 7 5 . 13 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Melbourne 0 . 3 4 . 4 4 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin SMLB by 19 SMLB by 3 SMLB by 15 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Dave Adamson
Vice-Captain: Bill Windley

Melbourne

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Kendall

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Russ

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Armstrong, Warwick HFFR ? 1 ?
Colgan, Charlie FF ? 3 ?
Davidson, George HBFR ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill CHF ? 0 ?
Garbutt, Joe RU ? 0 ?
Goding, Charlie HFFL ? 1 ?
Henley, Artie HBFL ? 0 ?
Howson, Bert WL ? 0 ?
Howson, Henry WR ? 0 ?
Jeanneret, Henri FPR ? 0 ?
Lampe, Harry FPL ? 1 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Jim BPR ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry RO ? 0 ?
Trim, Albert BPL ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill (vc) C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Cec CHF ? 2 ?
Cumberland, Vic RU ? 0 ?
Davidson, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart HFFR ? 0 ?
Graham, Jack FPL ? 1 ?
Herring, Maurie CHB ? 0 ?
Illingworth, Charlie HBFR ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack HFFL ? 2 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan FPR ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick FF ? 0 ?
Reid, Curtis FB ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les BPR ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie (c) WR ? 0 ?
Strahan, Dave BPL ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick RU ? 1 ?
Young, Charlie WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 6

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

South Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
D. Strahan C. Reid L. Rippon J. Garbutt

H. Jeanneret C. Colgan H. Lampe M. Pleass

FORWARD H. Purdy

HALF-BACK



J. Davidson M. Herring C. Illingworth



W. Armstrong B. Fraser C. Goding



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



C. Young A. Lewis E. Sholl (c)



H. Howson B. Windley (vc) B. Howson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE V. Cumberland

HALF-FORWARD D. Wardill

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

G. Davidson D. Adamson (c) A. Henley



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



J. Graham D. Pirrie D. Moriarty



J. O'Hara F. O'Hara A. Trim



BACK



Melbourne Coach: unknown