1946 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 125.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Twomey (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Des Fothergill (63)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Phonse Kyne

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Phonse Kyne

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brown, Allan #3 3 R02-R04 0
Burns, Jack #4 20 R03-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 3
Campbell, Norm #5 9 R01-R02, R04, R12-R13, R16-R19 0
Carruthers, Ron #6 5 R02-R06 0
Fitzgerald, Len #7 19 R01-R02, R04-R17, SF, SF(R), PF 29
Fothergill, Des #8 17 R01-R17 63
Green, Jack #9 22 R01-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 7
Hocking, Gordon #10 20 R01, R04-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 7
Holten, Mac #11 17 R01-R03, R08-R09, R11-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 7
Horwood, Ray #16 16 R06-R18, SF, SF(R), PF 9
Jones, Ray #12 4 R07, SF, SF(R), PF 0
Knorr, Allan #13 9 R06-R07, R09-R13, SF, SF(R) 1
Kyne, Phonse #1 22 R01-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 20
Lambert, Harry #14 11 R02-R03, R14-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 17
Mann, Neil #14 8 R01-R05, R18-R19, PF 14
Mears, Harry #19 2 R01, R03 0
Moore, Guy #17 6 R04-R05, R10, R13-R14, R16 1
Murphy, Jack #15 19 R03-R13, R15-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 7
Naismith, Herb #18 1 R04 0
Newman, Dave #19 13 R01-R07, R10-R11, R14-R16, PF 8
Noonan, Bill #20 15 R03, R05-R13, R15, R17, SF, SF(R), PF 0
Pimm, Jack #18 14 R08-R19, SF(R), PF 31
Regan, Jack #2 6 R01, R05-R07, R14-R15 0
Richards, Lou #21 22 R01-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 50
Riddell, Ray #31 2 R06, R08 0
Rose, Bob #22 6 R17-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 7
Ryan, Phil #23 18 R01-R05, R07-R11, R13-R15, R18-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 5
Ryan, Ted #22 2 R02, R05 0
Smith, Ron #24 11 R06-R09, R12-R14, R16-R19 0
Sullivan, Kevin 2 R01-R02 0
Swenson, Clarrie #25 3 R17-R19 2
Toleman, Joe #25 1 R01 2
Twomey, Bill #25 18 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF 2
Utting, Charlie #27 21 R01-R16, R18-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 1
Wade, Kevin #28 18 R01-R12, R14, R17-R19, SF, SF(R) 0
Wallis, Tom #29 19 R01-R03, R05-R16, R19, SF, SF(R), PF 0
Whelan, Marcus #30 18 R01-R04, R08-R12, R14-R19, SF, SF(R), PF 0
Yates, Laurie #6 1 R19 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 22 13 -1- 8 R01-R19, SF, SF(R), PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1946 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 63 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
27/04/1946 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 16 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
04/05/1946 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 10 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
11/05/1946 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 19 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
18/05/1946 Round 5 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 66 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
25/05/1946 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 3 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
01/06/1946 Round 7 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 64 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
10/06/1946 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
15/06/1946 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 42 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
22/06/1946 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 41 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
06/07/1946 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 22 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
13/07/1946 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 33 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
20/07/1946 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 5 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
27/07/1946 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 51 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
03/08/1946 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 45 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
10/08/1946 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 30 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
17/08/1946 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 62 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
24/08/1946 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 75 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
31/08/1946 Round 19 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 5 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
14/09/1946 Semi Final Essendon AWAY DRAW drawn Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
21/09/1946 Semi Final (R) Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 19 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
28/09/1946 Preliminary Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 13 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne