1929 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 18-0-0, P%: 171.7%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 26
Brownlow Leader(s): Albert Collier (6)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gordon Coventry (118)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Albert Collier

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Syd Coventry

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ahern, Charlie #2 3 R09, R12, GF 0
Andrew, Bruce #1 4 R01-R02, R10-R11 5
Beveridge, Jack #4 19 R01-R16, R18, SF, GF 1
Bird, Leo #13 1 R11 0
Bowyer, Percy #3 10 R01, R10-R11, R13-R18, GF 2
Chesswas, Harry #9 19 R01-R15, R17-R18, SF, GF 4
Clayden, George #10 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 8
Collier, Albert #5 18 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, GF 0
Collier, Harry #6 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 27
Coventry, Gordon #7 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 124
Coventry, Syd #8 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 4
Dibbs, Charlie #11 19 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 0
Edmonds, Horrie #12 9 R12-R18, SF, GF 19
Gibbs, George #14 16 R01-R10, R12, R14-R16, R18, SF 13
Harris, John #15 19 R01-R18, SF 9
Lauder, Albert #16 15 R01-R08, R10, R13, R15-R17, SF, GF 0
Libbis, Billy #17 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 24
MacLeod, Norm #22 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Makeham, Bob #18 17 R01-R09, R13-R18, SF, GF 10
Muir, Bob #21 2 R11, R14 0
Murphy, Frank #19 13 R01-R09, R17-R18, SF, GF 18
Murphy, Len #20 16 R02-R13, R15-R17, GF 24
Ross, Bob #23 4 R10-R12, R14 3
Rumney, Harold #24 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 3
Veevers, Ken #25 1 R09 0
Wescott, Leo #26 17 R03-R08, R10-R18, SF, GF 0

Team Line-Up

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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 20 19 -0- 1 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1929 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 17 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
04/05/1929 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 53 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
11/05/1929 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 96 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
18/05/1929 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 36 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
25/05/1929 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
01/06/1929 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 51 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
15/06/1929 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 24 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
22/06/1929 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 4 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
29/06/1929 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 45 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
06/07/1929 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 29 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
13/07/1929 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 19 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
20/07/1929 Round 12 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 42 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
27/07/1929 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 86 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
03/08/1929 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 27 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
10/08/1929 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 27 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
17/08/1929 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
24/08/1929 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 77 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
31/08/1929 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
14/09/1929 Semi Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 62 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
28/09/1929 Grand Final Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 29 Jock McHale Syd Coventry