1899 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 1: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1899 between Fitzroy and Carlton during the first round-robin final round of the 1899 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at Brunswick Street Oval. Alec Sloan captained the hosts with Bill McSpeerin as vice-captain. Bill Stuckey captained the visitors with Peter Williams as vice-captain.

Fitzroy (5.11.41) defeated Carlton (6.4.40).

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: First Round-Robin Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 August 1899
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Carlton
Score: 5.11.41 - 6.4.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 0 3 . 4 5 . 9 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Carlton 2 . 2 4 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 4 (40)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 4 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan
Vice-Captain: Bill McSpeerin

Carlton

Captain: Bill Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Peter Williams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Keenan

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Middleton

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Clarke, Harry C ? 1 ?
Cleary, Bill FPL ? 0 ?
Deas, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat FF ? 0 ?
Drohan, Eddie WL ? 1 ?
Fontaine, Fred RU ? 0 ?
Grace, Jim CHF ? 0 ?
Grace, Mick RO ? 1 ?
Hickey, Pat CHB ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern BPL ? 0 ?
McDougall, Abe HFFR ? 0 ?
McEwen, Hugh HBFR ? 0 ?
McSpeerin, Bill (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff FB ? 0 ?
Mulcahy, Jack HFFL ? 0 ?
Robinson, James WR ? 0 ?
Sharpe, Bert FPR ? 2 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 11

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bird, Bob FPL ? 1 ?
Casey, Bill BPL ? 0 ?
Collins, Bill RU ? 0 ?
Considine, Pat FPR ? 1 ?
Evans, Harry C ? 0 ?
Hooper, John WR ? 0 ?
Lanigan, Denis HFFL ? 0 ?
McNamara, Bill FB ? 0 ?
McShane, Henry HBFR ? 0 ?
Monagle, Billy RO ? 0 ?
O'Cock, Wally WL ? 0 ?
Stuckey, Bill (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Thompson, Arthur CHF ? 0 ?
Thompson, Harry FF ? 3 ?
Walker, Dick HFFR ? 0 ?
Walsh, Bobby RU ? 1 ?
Walton, Ernie CHB ? 0 ?
Williams, Peter (vc) BPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 4

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

Fitzroy Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
B. Casey B. McNamara P. Williams (vc) F. Fontaine

B. Sharpe P. Descrimes B. Cleary B. McSpeerin (vc)

FORWARD M. Grace

HALF-BACK



B. Stuckey (c) E. Walton H. McShane



A. McDougall J. Grace J. Mulcahy



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



W. O'Cock H. Evans J. Hooper



J. Robinson H. Clarke E. Drohan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE B. Collins

HALF-FORWARD B. Walsh

D. Lanigan A. Thompson D. Walker B. Monagle

H. McEwen P. Hickey A. Sloan (c)



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



B. Bird H. Thompson P. Considine



J. Deas G. Moriarty E. Jenkins



BACK



Carlton Coach: unknown