1900 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1900 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round one of the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at East Melbourne. George Stuckey captained the hosts. George Davidson captained the visitors with Mick Pleass as vice-captain.

Essendon (12.10.82) defeated South Melbourne (4.2.26).

Match Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 May 1900
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.10.82 - 4.2.26

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 0 8 . 4 8 . 4 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
South Melbourne 0 . 0 0 . 0 3 . 1 4 . 2 4 . 2 (26)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 56 ESSE by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: George Stuckey

South Melbourne

Captain: George Davidson
Vice-Captain: Mick Pleass

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
J. Lucas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim CHB ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Collins, Tod CHF ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Hugh FPL ? 3 ?
Gavin, Hugh FB ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy RO ? 0 ?
Groves, Joe WL ? 0 ?
Hastings, George C ? 0 ?
Jones, Llew HFFR ? 1 ?
Kinnear, Ted BPL ? 0 ?
Larkin, Jimmy FPR ? 1 ?
Leahy, Tommy WR ? 0 ?
Martin, George RU ? 2 ?
Officer, Gus FF ? 1 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat RU ? 1 ?
Peppard, Mick HBFR ? 0 ?
Scott, Fred HFFL ? 2 ?
Stuckey, George (c) HBFL ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 10

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adamson, Dave CHB ? 1 ?
Colgan, Charlie FF ? 0 ?
Davidson, George (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
Davidson, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
Fraser, Bill HFFR ? 0 ?
Garbutt, Joe HBFR ? 0 ?
Gullan, Martin RU ? 1 ?
Howson, Bert WR ? 0 ?
Jeanneret, Henri HFFL ? 1 ?
Lampe, Harry CHF ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Frank FB ? 0 ?
Pleass, Mick (vc) RU ? 0 ?
Purdy, Harry RO ? 1 ?
Robertson, Charlie BPR ? 0 ?
Rose, Alby FPL ? 0 ?
Vernon, Les WL ? 0 ?
Waugh, Fred FPR ? 0 ?
Windley, Bill C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 2

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

Essendon Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
J. Davidson F. O'Hara C. Robertson G. Martin

J. Larkin G. Officer H. Fitzpatrick P. O'Loughlin

FORWARD B. Griffith

HALF-BACK



G. Davidson (c) D. Adamson J. Garbutt



L. Jones T. Collins F. Scott



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



L. Vernon B. Windley B. Howson



T. Leahy G. Hastings J. Groves FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE M. Gullan

HALF-FORWARD M. Pleass (vc)

H. Jeanneret H. Lampe B. Fraser H. Purdy

M. Peppard J. Anderson G. Stuckey (c)



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



A. Rose C. Colgan F. Waugh



M. Collins H. Gavin T. Kinnear



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE unknown goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 ??:??
Q2 ESSE ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
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ESSE ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
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ESSE ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
ESSE ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
ESSE ?.?.? - 0.0.0 ??:??
ESSE 8.4.52 - 0.0.0 ??:??
Q3 SMLB 8.4.52 - ?.?.? ??:??
SMLB 8.4.52 - ?.?.? ??:??
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SMLB 8.4.52 - 3.1.19 ??:??
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