1917 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1917 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 10-1-4, P%: 133.4%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 27
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Dick Lee (50)

Team Leaders

Captain(s):
Vice-Captain(s): Percy Wilson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, George #1 18 R01-R15, SF, PF, GF 0
Brown, Charlie #2 17 R01-R08, R10-R15, SF, PF, GF 0
Cody, Matt #6 2 R01-R02 1
Colechin, Bert #4 12 R01-R11, PF 0
Cross, Harrie 1 R13 1
Curtis, Harry #3 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, SF, PF, GF 24
Dobrigh, Gus #7 14 R01-R06, R11-R15, SF, PF, GF 10
Drummond, Tom #8 14 R01-R05, R09-R13, R15, SF, PF, GF 0
Green, Jack #9 10 R01, R03-R06, R11-R12, SF, PF, GF 0
Hughes, Les #10 16 R01-R12, R14, SF, PF, GF 12
Jose, Horrie #11 3 R01-R02, R08 1
Laxton, Charlie #14 16 R01-R08, R11-R15, SF, PF, GF 11
Lee, Charlie #12 15 R01-R04, R06-R09, R12-R15, SF, PF, GF 3
Lee, Dick #13 15 R01-R14, GF 54
Lumsden, Ernie #26 12 R07-R15, SF, PF, GF 12
MacKechnie, Sam #16 7 R02-R05, R07, R09-R10 0
McCarthy, Con #18 8 R07-R11, SF, PF, GF 0
McHale, Jock #17 9 R01-R02, R05-R06, R13-R15, SF, GF 2
Mutch, Alec #27 12 R07-R15, SF, PF, GF 4
Pannam, Charlie #19 16 R03-R15, SF, PF, GF 1
Reynolds, Pen #20 18 R01-R15, SF, PF, GF 5
Sadler, Jim #21 7 R06-R10, R14-R15 1
Saunders, Harry #23 15 R03-R10, R12-R15, SF, PF, GF 5
Sharp, Jim 1 R15 0
Sheehy, Maurie #22 15 R01-R15 5
Wilson, Percy #24 18 R01-R15, SF, PF, GF 3
Wraith, Tom #25 16 R01-R07, R09-R15, SF, PF 13

Team Line-Up

Back:


Half-Back:


Centre:


Half-Forward:


Forward:


Follower:


This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
McHale, Jock 18 12 -1- 5 R01-R15, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/05/1917 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 49 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
19/05/1917 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 31 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
26/05/1917 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 16 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
02/06/1917 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 21 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
09/06/1917 Round 5 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 14 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
16/06/1917 Round 6 Richmond AWAY DRAW drawn Jock McHale Percy Wilson
23/06/1917 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 37 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
30/06/1917 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 3 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
07/07/1917 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 17 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
14/07/1917 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
21/07/1917 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 36 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
28/07/1917 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 11 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
11/08/1917 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
18/08/1917 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 31 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
25/08/1917 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
08/09/1917 Semi Final South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 60 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
15/09/1917 Preliminary Final Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 6 Jock McHale Percy Wilson
22/09/1917 Grand Final Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 35 Jock McHale Percy Wilson