1903 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1903 between Melbourne and Geelong during round ten of the 1903 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Bill McClelland captained the hosts. Henry Young captained the visitors.

Melbourne (5.9.39) were defeated by Geelong (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1903 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 July 1903
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 5.9.39 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 8 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Geelong 5 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 7 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin GEEL by 25 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bill McClelland

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Crapp

Goal Umpires

W. Bruton
W. Little

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Bremner, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin ? ? 3 ?
Gardner, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Henderson, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Herring, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
McClelland, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Mills, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Moriarty, Dan ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Strong, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Tout, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 9

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bailiff, Les ? ? 0 ?
Bennion, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Bowey, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Donaghy, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Ivan ? ? 5 ?
Lee, Jack ? ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Alec ? ? 0 ?
McKinley, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Mesley, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Pincott, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Woods, Ike ? ? 4 ?
Wright, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 7

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