1906 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1906 between Melbourne and Geelong during round five of the 1906 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Arthur Sowden captained the hosts. Henry Young captained the visitors with Alec McKenzie as vice-captain.

Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by Geelong (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1906 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Monday 4 June 1906
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.8.56 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Geelong 2 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Arthur Sowden

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young
Vice-Captain: Alec McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Coombes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anderson, Syd ? ? 2 ?
Bowe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Conquest, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin ? ? 1 ?
Gardiner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Henderson, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Mills, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Onyons, Basil ? ? 2 ?
Peacock, George ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
Purse, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rogers, Willie ? ? 0 ?
Sleeman, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Sowden, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
Strong, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Beard, Dave ? ? 1 ?
Doull, George ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Fletcher, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Gough, Alf ? ? 1 ?
Grigg, Dick ? ? 1 ?
Knell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Martin, Len ? ? 2 ?
McKenzie, Alec (vc) ? ? 0 ?
McKinley, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Roebuck, Les ? ? 3 ?
Scown, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Woods, Ike ? ? 1 ?
Young, Henry (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s