1899 VFL Round-Robin Final 2: Essendon v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1899 between Essendon and Geelong during the second round-robin final round of the 1899 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Geelong at East Melbourne.
George Stuckey captained the hosts with Jim Anderson as vice-captain.
Jack Conway captained the visitors with Joe McShane as vice-captain.
Essendon
Back:
M. Collins, H. Gavin, T. Kinnear
Half-back:
T. Collins, J. Anderson (vice-capt.), G. Stuckey (capt.)
Centre:
J. Groves, H. Wright, G. Hastings
Half-forward:
S. Barry, B. Jackson, C. Moore
Forward:
J. Larkin, G. Officer, A. Hall
Follower:
H. Fitzpatrick, G. Martin, A. Cleghorn
Geelong
Back:
G. Lockwood, H. Young, E. Leighton
Half-back:
A. Thompson, J. Conway (capt.), A. Dear
Centre:
T. Greeves, F. McCallum, J. Palmer
Half-forward:
T. Holligan, J. Flynn, T. Lockwood
Forward:
T. Buchan, E. James, Jim McShane
Follower:
Joe McShane (vice-capt.), J. Parkin, T. Rankin
Essendon (4.15.39) were defeated by Geelong (6.11.47).
Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Hall (2), B. Jackson, C. Moore
Geelong: J. Flynn (2), E. James (2), T. Buchan, T. Lockwood
Match Details
Season:
1899 VFL Season
Round:
Round-Robin Final 2
Teams:
Essendon
v
Geelong
Date:
Saturday 2 September 1899
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
East Melbourne
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | . | 6 | 4 | . | 12 | 4 | . | 15 | 4 | . | 15 | (39) |
| Geelong | 0 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 8 | 5 | . | 10 | 6 | . | 11 | 6 | . | 11 | (47) |
| Margin | ESSE by 6 | GEEL by 8 | GEEL by 4 | GEEL by 8 | GEEL by 8 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
unknown
(Essendon),
unknown
(Geelong)
Captains:
George Stuckey
(Essendon),
Jack Conway
(Geelong)
Vice-Captains:
Jim Anderson
(Essendon),
Joe McShane
(Geelong)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Keenan
Goal Umpire:
J. Jones,
J. Middleton
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Anderson, Jim (vc) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Barry, Son | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cleghorn, Arthur | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Collins, Maurie | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Collins, Tod | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fitzpatrick, Hugh | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gavin, Hugh | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Groves, Joe | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hall, Alec | FPR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Hastings, George | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jackson, Bill | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Kinnear, Ted | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Larkin, Jimmy | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Martin, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Moore, Charlie | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Officer, Gus | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Stuckey, George (c) | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wright, Harry | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 4 | 15 | |||
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Buchan, Tommy | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Conway, Jack (c) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dear, Alf | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Flynn, Jim | CHF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Greeves, Ted | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Holligan, Teddy | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| James, Eddy | FF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Leighton, Ernie | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lockwood, George | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lockwood, Teddy | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| McCallum, Firth | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McShane, Jim | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McShane, Joe (vc) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Palmer, Jimmy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Parkin, Jack | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rankin, Teddy | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Thompson, Archie | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Young, Henry | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 6 | 11 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| G. Lockwood | H. Young | E. Leighton | H. Fitzpatrick |
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| A. Hall | G. Officer | J. Larkin | G. Martin |
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| A. Thompson | J. Conway (c) | A. Dear |
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| C. Moore | B. Jackson | S. Barry |
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| T. Greeves | F. McCallum | J. Palmer |
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| G. Hastings | H. Wright | J. Groves | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | J. McShane (vc) |
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| HALF-FORWARD | J. Parkin |
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| T. Holligan | J. Flynn | T. Lockwood | T. Rankin |
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| G. Stuckey (c) | J. Anderson (vc) | T. Collins |
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| T. Buchan | E. James | J. McShane |
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| T. Kinnear | H. Gavin | M. Collins |
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| Geelong | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||