1900 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1900 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round eight of the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Dick Wardill captained the hosts with Eddie Sholl as vice-captain. Cecil Sandford captained the visitors.

Melbourne (15.18.108) defeated St Kilda (4.5.29).

Match Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 23 June 1900
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 15.18.108 - 4.5.29

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 10 10 . 18 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
St Kilda 1 . 0 2 . 0 2 . 2 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 34 MELB by 64 MELB by 79 MELB by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Dick Wardill
Vice-Captain: Eddie Sholl

St Kilda

Captain: Cecil Sandford

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Freame

Goal Umpires

C. Thomas
R. Turpenny

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Adams, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Gardner, Corrie ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 3 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rippon, Les ? ? 0 ?
Ryan, Tommy ? ? 4 ?
Sholl, Eddie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Strahan, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Wardill, Dick (c) ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 18

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Allard, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
Clough, Claude ? ? 1 ?
Curran, Tim ? ? 0 ?
Hall, Ted ? ? 1 ?
McGregor, Billy ? ? 0 ?
McKay, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Minahan, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Muirhead, Arch ? ? 0 ?
O'Hara, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
Rutherford, George ? ? 0 ?
Sandford, Cecil (c) ? ? 0 ?
Scott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Howard ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Stewart, Andy ? ? 0 ?
Sutherland, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 5

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