1900 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1900 between Essendon and Melbourne in the final of the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. George Stuckey captained the hosts. Dick Wardill captained the visitors with Eddie Sholl as vice-captain.

Essendon (5.13.43) were defeated by Melbourne (7.3.45).

Match Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 September 1900
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.13.43 - 7.3.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 5 4 . 6 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Melbourne 3 . 0 3 . 1 6 . 3 7 . 3 7 . 3 (45)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 2 MELB by 9 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

Melbourne

Captain: Dick Wardill
Vice-Captain: Eddie Sholl

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Rickard

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Barry, Son ? ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod ? ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
Gavin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Hastings, George ? ? 0 ?
Hiskins, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Jackson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Martin, George ? ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus ? ? 0 ?
Peppard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Scott, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Stuckey, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
Thurgood, Albert ? ? 1 ?
Wright, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 1 ?
Gardner, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Hay, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 0 ?
Sholl, Eddie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 3

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