1900 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1900 between Melbourne and Essendon during round two of the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Dick Wardill captained the hosts. Jim Anderson captained the visitors.

Melbourne (5.4.34) defeated Essendon (2.6.18).

Match Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 May 1900
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 5.4.34 - 2.6.18

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 1 . 2 3 . 2 5 . 4 5 . 4 (34)
Essendon 0 . 1 0 . 2 1 . 3 2 . 6 2 . 6 (18)
Margin level MELB by 6 MELB by 11 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Dick Wardill

Essendon

Captain: Jim Anderson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

G. Clapham
F. Franks

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adams, Ernie FPL ? 2 ?
Byers, Eddie WR ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic CHF ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart FB ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank HBFL ? 1 ?
Leith, Jack HFFR ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin C ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred RO ? 0 ?
Moodie, George RU ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan CHB ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry BPL ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les RU ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy FF ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur WL ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick (c) HFFL ? 1 ?
Young, Charlie FPR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 4

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Jim (c) CHB ? 0 ?
Barry, Son C ? 0 ?
Cleghorn, Arthur RO ? 0 ?
Collins, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Hugh FPL ? 0 ?
Gavin, Hugh FB ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy HFFR ? 1 ?
Groves, Joe WL ? 0 ?
Hall, Alec FF ? 0 ?
Hastings, George WR ? 0 ?
Jones, Llew HFFL ? 0 ?
Kinnear, Ted BPL ? 1 ?
Larkin, Jimmy FPR ? 0 ?
Martin, George RU ? 0 ?
Officer, Gus HBFR ? 0 ?
O'Loughlin, Pat RU ? 0 ?
Peppard, Mick HBFL ? 0 ?
Scott, Fred CHF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 6

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

Melbourne Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
T. Kinnear H. Gavin M. Collins G. Moodie

C. Young T. Ryan E. Adams L. Rippon

FORWARD F. McGinis

HALF-BACK



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



J. Leith V. Cumberland D. Wardill (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



J. Groves S. Barry G. Hastings



E. Byers A. Lewis A. Sowden FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE G. Martin

HALF-FORWARD P. O'Loughlin

L. Jones F. Scott B. Griffith A. Cleghorn

J. Purse D. Moriarty F. Langley



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



H. Fitzpatrick A. Hall J. Larkin



B. McClelland S. Geddes H. Parkin



BACK



Essendon Coach: unknown

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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