Match Recap
Round 7·Tue, 22-Jun-1897 3:00 PM·East Melbourne
Essendon
8.15 (63)
vs
Melbourne
3.9 (27)
Essendon won by 36

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon3.3 (21)4.6 (30)5.10 (40)8.15 (63)8.15 (63)
Melbourne0.2 (2)1.2 (8)2.5 (17)3.9 (27)3.9 (27)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
Jim Anderson
Son Barry
Harold Brown
Arthur Cleghorn
Maurie Collins
Tod Collins1
Edgar Croft2
Charlie Forbes
Hugh Gavin2
Joe Groves
Gus Kearney1
Ted Kinnear
George Martin1
Ned Officer
Pat OLoughlin
George Stuckey
Archie Sykes
George Vautin
Norm Waugh1
Harry Wright

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
Alf Healing
Maurie Herring
Edwin Jenkyn
Jack Leith2
Austin Lewis
Lew Massey
Bill McCulloch
Fred McGinis
Norm McLeod
Henry Mitchell
George Moodie
George Moysey1
Bert Robinson
Fred Sheahan
Wally Steele
Dave Strahan
Ned Sutton
Dick Wardill
Bert Watson
Charlie Young