1900 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1900 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round five of the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Dick Wardill captained the hosts. Alec Sloan captained the visitors.

Melbourne (3.9.27) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.6.66).

Match Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 May 1900
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 3.9.27 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 2 . 7 2 . 8 3 . 9 3 . 9 (27)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 4 . 5 7 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin FITZ by 15 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 39 FITZ by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Dick Wardill

Fitzroy

Captain: Alec Sloan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. D'Helin

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Lucas

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adams, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McCulloch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Wardill, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Barker, Lou ? ? 1 ?
Beauchamp, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
Brosnan, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
Dalton, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Dalton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Deas, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Descrimes, Pat ? ? 2 ?
Grace, Mick ? ? 1 ?
Hickey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Jenkins, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Kiernan, Chris ? ? 3 ?
McDougall, Abe ? ? 1 ?
McSpeerin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Potter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Robinson, James ? ? 0 ?
Sloan, Alec (c) ? ? 0 ?
Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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