1947 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 11-1-7, P%: 112.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Lou Richards (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Neil Mann (48)
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
Burns, Jack #2 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 2
Carruthers, Ron #3 5 R15-R19 0
Denney, Alec #4 16 R04-R19 2
Fitzgerald, Len #5 18 R01-R04, R06-R19 0
Fothergill, Des #6 4 R01-R03, R12 12
Green, Jack #9 17 R01-R04, R07-R19 5
Hocking, Gordon #8 19 R01-R19 7
Holten, Mac #9 19 R01-R19 19
Horwood, Ray #10 19 R01-R19 1
Jones, Ray #11 13 R05-R06, R08-R12, R14-R19 0
Keegan, Ray #12 10 R05-R07, R11, R13-R15, R17-R19 8
Kyne, Phonse #1 18 R01-R15, R17-R19 15
Lambert, Harry #13 4 R01-R04 3
Mann, Neil #14 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 48
Moon, Stan #31 7 R06-R12 4
Moore, Guy #15 10 R04-R09, R12, R14, R17-R18 11
Murphy, Jack #16 14 R01-R07, R13-R19 3
Newman, Dave #2 2 R01, R05 0
Nolan, Bill #18 15 R01-R06, R08-R13, R15-R17 0
Pimm, Jack #19 11 R09-R19 12
Richards, Lou #20 18 R01-R15, R17-R19 31
Richards, Ron #21 5 R11-R14, R16 3
Rose, Bob #22 11 R01-R10, R19 22
Ryan, Phil #23 8 R01, R03-R05, R08, R10-R12 5
Ryan, Ted #33 2 R18-R19 0
Smith, Ron #24 4 R02, R05, R13, R16 0
Smith, Stan #25 16 R03-R11, R13-R19 10
Twomey, Bill #26 14 R01-R05, R07-R10, R14-R17, R19 5
Twomey, Pat #32 10 R08-R16, R19 11
Utting, Charlie #27 19 R01-R19 0
Wade, Kevin #28 6 R02, R06-R07, R15-R16, R19 0
Wallis, Tom #29 7 R01-R03, R06-R07, R13, R18 0
Whelan, Marcus #30 6 R01-R06 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 11 -1- 7 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 46 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
26/04/1947 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 47 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
03/05/1947 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 19 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
10/05/1947 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 52 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
17/05/1947 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 25 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
24/05/1947 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 14 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
31/05/1947 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 1 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
07/06/1947 Round 8 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 14 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
16/06/1947 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 26 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
21/06/1947 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 43 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
28/06/1947 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 34 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
05/07/1947 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 17 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
12/07/1947 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 20 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
19/07/1947 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 6 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
26/07/1947 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
09/08/1947 Round 16 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 5 Jock McHale unknown
16/08/1947 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 28 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
23/08/1947 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 74 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
30/08/1947 Round 19 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 7 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne