1931 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 124.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Carlton (Semi Final)
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Harold Rumney (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gordon Coventry (67)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Harold Rumney

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Syd Coventry

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aldag, Bill #2 6 R01-R04, R09-R10 0
Ames, Les #31 3 R10, R13, R16 5
Andrew, Bruce #1 16 R01-R03, R05-R10, R13-R18, SF 3
Beveridge, Jack #5 9 R01-R04, R15-R18, SF 0
Bowyer, Percy #4 15 R01, R04-R12, R14, R16-R18, SF 4
Chesswas, Harry #10 16 R01-R10, R12-R13, R15, R17-R18, SF 2
Clayden, George #11 19 R01-R18, SF 12
Collier, Harry #7 17 R03-R18, SF 9
Coventry, Gordon #8 18 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF 67
Coventry, Syd #9 14 R01-R09, R15-R18, SF 2
Dibbs, Charlie #12 18 R01, R03-R18, SF 0
Edmonds, Horrie #13 16 R01-R07, R11-R18, SF 24
Froude, Fred #15 17 R01-R03, R06-R18, SF 30
George, Jack #15 4 R01, R03-R05 0
Harris, Don #3 15 R02-R03, R05-R12, R15-R18, SF 3
Kelly, Frank #17 7 R05, R08-R12, R14 4
Lauder, Albert #18 3 R01-R02, R04 0
Libbis, Billy #19 5 R01-R02, R11-R13 3
MacLeod, Norm #18 4 R01, R08, R11, R16 0
Makeham, Bob #20 19 R01-R18, SF 6
Muir, Bob #6 6 R02, R11-R15 0
Murphy, Frank #21 17 R01-R14, R17-R18, SF 12
Murphy, Len #22 18 R01-R18 15
Perrett, Rupe #25 2 R13, SF 0
Regan, Jack #27 8 R08-R09, R14-R18, SF 0
Ross, Bob #24 1 R02 1
Ross, Jack #24 9 R03-R10, R14 9
Rumney, Harold #26 19 R01-R18, SF 2
Tatham, George #28 15 R04-R07, R09-R18, SF 15
Tolson, Clarrie #30 7 R06-R07, R11-R15 2
Wescott, Leo #29 18 R02-R18, SF 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 19 12 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1931 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 5 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
09/05/1931 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 19 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
16/05/1931 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 21 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
23/05/1931 Round 4 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 4 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
30/05/1931 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
08/06/1931 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 23 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
13/06/1931 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 17 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
20/06/1931 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 90 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
04/07/1931 Round 9 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 4 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
11/07/1931 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 24 Jock McHale unknown
18/07/1931 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 46 Jock McHale unknown
25/07/1931 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 13 Jock McHale unknown
01/08/1931 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 45 Jock McHale unknown
08/08/1931 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 2 Jock McHale unknown
22/08/1931 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 24 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
29/08/1931 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 61 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
05/09/1931 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 14 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
12/09/1931 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 70 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
19/09/1931 Semi Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 88 Jock McHale Syd Coventry