1901 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1901 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eight of the 1901 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Bill McClelland captained the hosts. Henry Young captained the visitors.

Melbourne (7.4.46) were defeated by Geelong (9.5.59).

Match Details

Season: 1901 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 June 1901
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 7.4.46 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Geelong 2 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 3 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 6 MELB by 6 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bill McClelland

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Gibson

Goal Umpires

A. Coventry
J. Jones

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
Bowe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Cumberland, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Geddes, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 2 ?
Leith, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Lewis, Austin ? ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
McGinis, Fred ? ? 1 ?
McLean, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Ogilvie, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
Parkin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Tredinnick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 4

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bailiff, Les ? ? 0 ?
Buchan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
Donaghy, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Flynn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Holligan, Teddy ? ? 1 ?
Horman, James ? ? 0 ?
Lockwood, George ? ? 0 ?
McCallum, Firth ? ? 0 ?
McKeegan, Tim ? ? 0 ?
McShane, Jim ? ? 3 ?
McShane, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Palmer, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 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