1948 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 118.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Twomey (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Lou Richards (41)
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
Brokenshire, Geoff #2 13 R01-R09, R11, R15, R17-R18 19
Corby, Frank #32 6 R04-R06, R08-R09, R16 1
Denney, Alec #4 19 R01-R10, R12-R14, R16-R19, SF, PF 0
Donald, Vic #3 3 R18-R19, SF 1
Fitzgerald, Len #5 18 R01-R13, R16-R17, R19, SF, PF 7
Green, Jack #6 17 R01-R06, R11-R19, SF, PF 0
Hamilton, Jack #7 4 R07-R10 0
Hams, George #33 16 R06-R19, SF, PF 0
Healey, Des #12 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 1
Hocking, Gordon #8 20 R01-R06, R08-R19, SF, PF 5
Holten, Mac #9 18 R02-R04, R07-R19, SF, PF 38
Horder, Max #11 6 R06-R08, R10, R17-R18 2
Horwood, Ray #10 17 R01-R06, R10-R19, PF 2
Jones, Ray #13 5 R07, R13-R16 0
Keegan, Ray #14 6 R01-R06 2
Kyne, Phonse #1 19 R01-R17, SF, PF 18
Mann, Neil #16 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 7
McIntyre, Ern #28 8 R10-R16, PF 15
Meese, Reg #24 1 R15 0
Moore, Guy #15 7 R01-R02, R05-R06, R17, R19, SF 12
Nolan, Bill #18 16 R01-R05, R08-R09, R11-R16, R19, SF, PF 0
Pimm, Jack #19 14 R01, R04, R07, R09-R19 27
Richards, Lou #21 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 44
Richards, Ron #20 11 R03, R07-R16 13
Rose, Bob #22 17 R01-R03, R08-R19, SF, PF 19
Sales, Jack #23 13 R01-R03, R05-R11, R13-R15 2
Smith, Stan #25 9 R01-R04, R07, R12, R19, SF, PF 5
Stevens, Harvey #28 4 R17-R19, SF 2
Thompson, Jack #29 16 R03-R15, R18-R19, PF 12
Twomey, Bill #26 20 R01-R14, R16-R19, SF, PF 18
Twomey, Pat #27 6 R01, R04-R05, R18, SF, PF 6
Utting, Charlie #30 14 R01-R07, R14-R18, SF, PF 1
Wade, Kevin #31 14 R02, R05-R12, R17-R19, SF, PF 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 21 14 -0- 7 R01-R19, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1948 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 20 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
26/04/1948 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 53 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
01/05/1948 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 15 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
08/05/1948 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 33 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
15/05/1948 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 2 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
22/05/1948 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 65 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
29/05/1948 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 42 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
05/06/1948 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 7 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
12/06/1948 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 43 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
19/06/1948 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 17 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
03/07/1948 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 52 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
10/07/1948 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
17/07/1948 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 22 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
24/07/1948 Round 14 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 22 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
31/07/1948 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
14/08/1948 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 10 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
21/08/1948 Round 17 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 36 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
28/08/1948 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 39 Jock McHale unknown
04/09/1948 Round 19 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 Jock McHale unknown
11/09/1948 Semi Final Footscray HOME WIN COL by 35 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne
25/09/1948 Preliminary Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 65 Jock McHale Phonse Kyne