1900 VFL Season Round-Robin Final 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1900 between Melbourne and Geelong during the first round-robin final round of the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at East Melbourne. Dick Wardill captained the hosts with Eddie Sholl as vice-captain. Peter Burns captained the visitors.

Melbourne (5.15.45) defeated Geelong (3.10.28).

Match Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Round: First Round-Robin Final
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 25 August 1900
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 5.15.45 - 3.10.28

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 4 . 7 5 . 14 5 . 15 5 . 15 (45)
Geelong 0 . 2 3 . 8 3 . 8 3 . 10 3 . 10 (28)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 5 MELB by 18 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Dick Wardill
Vice-Captain: Eddie Sholl

Geelong

Captain: Peter Burns

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Freame

Goal Umpires

J. Elliott
J. Lucas

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bailiff, Les ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter (c) ? ? 0 ?
Donaghy, Mick ? ? 1 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Hardiman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Holland, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Horman, James ? ? 0 ?
Lockwood, George ? ? 0 ?
Lockwood, Teddy ? ? 1 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 1 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Palmer, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Powell, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Webb, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 10

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

Score Timeline

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