1899 VFL Round-Robin Final 3: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1899 between South Melbourne and Essendon during the third round-robin final round of the 1899 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. George Stuckey captained the visitors with Jim Anderson as vice-captain.

South Melbourne
Back: B. Bryce, F. O'Hara, J. O'Hara
Half-back: G. Davidson, A. Trim, C. Goding
Centre: A. Henley, B. Windley, B. Howson
Half-forward: W. Armstrong, B. Fraser, H. Lampe
Forward: C. James, C. Colgan, H. Jeanneret
Follower: J. Garbutt, M. Pleass, H. Purdy

Essendon
Back: T. Kinnear, H. Gavin, M. Collins
Half-back: T. Collins, J. Anderson (vice-capt.), G. Stuckey (capt.)
Centre: J. Groves, H. Wright, G. Hastings
Half-forward: S. Barry, B. Jackson, J. Larkin
Forward: H. Fitzpatrick, G. Officer, A. Hall
Follower: G. Martin, P. O'Loughlin, A. Cleghorn

South Melbourne (3.10.28) defeated Essendon (2.1.13).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: C. Colgan (3)
Essendon: H. Fitzpatrick, A. Hall

Match Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Round: Round-Robin Final 3
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 September 1899
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 3.10.28 - 2.1.13

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 0 . 1 2 . 8 2 . 9 3 . 10 3 . 10 (28)
Essendon 1 . 0 1 . 0 2 . 0 2 . 1 2 . 1 (13)
Margin ESSE by 5 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 15 SMLB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: unknown (South Melbourne), unknown (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (South Melbourne), George Stuckey (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (South Melbourne), Jim Anderson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. McCoy
Goal Umpire: J. Jones, R. Turpenny

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Warwick HFFL ? 0 ?
Bryce, Bob BPL ? 0 ?
Colgan, Charlie FF ? 3 ?
Davidson, George HBFL ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill CHF ? 0 ?
Garbutt, Joe RU ? 0 ?
Goding, Charlie HBFR ? 0 ?
Henley, Artie WL ? 0 ?
Howson, Bert WR ? 0 ?
James, Charlie FPL ? 0 ?
Jeanneret, Henri FPR ? 0 ?
Lampe, Harry HFFR ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Jim BPR ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick RU ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry RO ? 0 ?
Trim, Albert CHB ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
Barry, Son HFFL ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur RO ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod HBFL ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Hugh FPL ? 1 ?
Gavin, Hugh FB ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe WL ? 0 ?
Hall, Alec FPR ? 1 ?
Hastings, George WR ? 0 ?
Jackson, Bill CHF ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted BPL ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy HFFR ? 0 ?
Martin, George RU ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus FF ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat RU ? 0 ?
Stuckey, George (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
Wright, Harry C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 1

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
T. Kinnear H. Gavin M. Collins J. Garbutt

H. Jeanneret C. Colgan C. James M. Pleass

FORWARD H. Purdy

HALF-BACK



T. Collins J. Anderson (vc) G. Stuckey (c)



H. Lampe B. Fraser W. Armstrong



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



J. Groves H. Wright G. Hastings



B. Howson B. Windley A. Henley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE G. Martin

HALF-FORWARD P. O'Loughlin

S. Barry B. Jackson J. Larkin A. Cleghorn

C. Goding A. Trim G. Davidson



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



H. Fitzpatrick G. Officer A. Hall



J. O'Hara F. O'Hara B. Bryce



BACK



Essendon Coach: unknown