1900 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1900 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round one of the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Cecil Sandford captained the hosts. Dick Wardill captained the visitors.

St Kilda (10.8.68) defeated Melbourne (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 May 1900
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 10.8.68 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 6 . 2 6 . 2 9 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Melbourne 0 . 2 6 . 8 7 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin STKL by 36 MELB by 6 STKL by 8 STKL by 1 STKL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Cecil Sandford

Melbourne

Captain: Dick Wardill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Freame

Goal Umpires

J. Russ
R. Turpenny

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Allard, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
Clough, Claude ? ? 1 ?
Curran, Tim ? ? 0 ?
Matthews, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGrath, Jerry ? ? 0 ?
McGregor, Billy ? ? 1 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
Sandford, Cecil (c) ? ? 1 ?
Smith, Howard ? ? 0 ?
Spilcker, George ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Andy ? ? 2 ?
Sutherland, George ? ? 3 ?
White, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Wilson, Gillie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adams, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Byers, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 2 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 1 ?
McClelland, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 1 ?
McGuigan, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Pirrie, Dick ? ? 2 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Wardill, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

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