1904 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1904 between Geelong and Melbourne during round seven of the 1904 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Henry Young captained the hosts. Bill McClelland captained the visitors.

Geelong (9.12.66) were defeated by Melbourne (15.7.97).

Match Details

Season: 1904 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 June 1904
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 15.7.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 6 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Melbourne 6 . 4 9 . 4 11 . 6 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 16 MELB by 21 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young

Melbourne

Captain: Bill McClelland

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Murphy

Boundary Umpires

A. Batty
G. Sandford

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bennion, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Clarke, Bert ? ? 2 ?
Clarke, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Coles, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Eason, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Fletcher, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Forbes, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Horman, George ? ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Munday, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Woods, Ike ? ? 2 ?
Wright, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Lindsay ? ? 1 ?
Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Bremner, Billy ? ? 1 ?
Conquest, Jim ? ? 2 ?
Coutie, Vin ? ? 8 ?
Drane, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Gardiner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Henderson, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Langley, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Leach, Ted ? ? 1 ?
McClelland, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
Mills, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
Moodie, George ? ? 0 ?
Parkin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Strong, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Young, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 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