1900 VFL Grand Final: Melbourne v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 1900 between Melbourne and Fitzroy in the grand final of the 1900 VFL season.
Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at East Melbourne.
Dick Wardill captained the hosts with Eddie Sholl as vice-captain.
Alec Sloan captained the visitors.
Melbourne
Back:
M. Herring, E. Sholl (vice-capt.), L. Rippon
Half-back:
H. Parkin, J. Purse, B. McClelland
Centre:
C. Gardner, C. Young, H. Hay
Half-forward:
A. Lewis, J. Leith, F. Langley
Forward:
D. Wardill (capt.), S. Geddes, T. Ryan
Follower:
V. Cumberland, G. Moodie, F. McGinis
Fitzroy
Back:
H. McEwen, G. Moriarty, E. Jenkins
Half-back:
B. Sharpe, A. Sloan (capt.), P. Hickey
Centre:
E. Drohan, H. Clarke, J. Robinson
Half-forward:
T. Beauchamp, A. McDougall, L. Barker
Forward:
P. Descrimes, G. Brosnan, C. Kiernan
Follower:
M. Grace, B. Potter, B. McSpeerin
Melbourne (4.10.34) defeated Fitzroy (3.12.30).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Geddes, J. Leith, T. Ryan, D. Wardill
Fitzroy: M. Grace (2), L. Barker
Match Details
Season:
1900 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 22 September 1900
Time:
2:50 PM
Venue:
East Melbourne
Attendance:
20,181
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Melbourne | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 8 | 4 | . | 10 | 4 | . | 10 | (34) |
| Fitzroy | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | . | 7 | 2 | . | 7 | 3 | . | 12 | 3 | . | 12 | (30) |
| Margin | MELB by 5 | FITZ by 2 | MELB by 13 | MELB by 4 | MELB by 4 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
unknown
(Melbourne),
unknown
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Dick Wardill
(Melbourne),
Alec Sloan
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
Eddie Sholl
(Melbourne),
unknown
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
I. Crapp
Goal Umpire:
G. Clapham,
J. Jones
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Cumberland, Vic | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gardner, Corrie | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Geddes, Stewart | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Hay, Harold | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Herring, Maurie | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Langley, Frank | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Leith, Jack | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Lewis, Austin | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McClelland, Bill | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McGinis, Fred | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Moodie, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Parkin, Harry | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Purse, Jack | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rippon, Les | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Ryan, Tommy | FPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Sholl, Eddie (vc) | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wardill, Dick (c) | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Young, Charlie | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 4 | 10 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Barker, Lou | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Beauchamp, Tammy | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brosnan, Gerald | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Clarke, Harry | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Descrimes, Pat | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Drohan, Eddie | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Grace, Mick | RU | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Hickey, Pat | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jenkins, Ern | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kiernan, Chris | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McDougall, Abe | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McEwen, Hugh | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McSpeerin, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Moriarty, Geoff | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Potter, Bill | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Robinson, James | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sharpe, Bert | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sloan, Alec (c) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 3 | 12 | |||
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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| H. McEwen | G. Moriarty | E. Jenkins | V. Cumberland |
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| T. Ryan | S. Geddes | D. Wardill (c) | G. Moodie |
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| B. Sharpe | A. Sloan (c) | P. Hickey |
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| F. Langley | J. Leith | A. Lewis |
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| E. Drohan | H. Clarke | J. Robinson |
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| H. Hay | C. Young | C. Gardner | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | M. Grace |
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| HALF-FORWARD | B. Potter |
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| T. Beauchamp | A. McDougall | L. Barker | B. McSpeerin |
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| B. McClelland | J. Purse | H. Parkin |
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| P. Descrimes | G. Brosnan | C. Kiernan |
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| L. Rippon | E. Sholl (vc) | M. Herring |
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