1907 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1907 between Geelong and Melbourne during round five of the 1907 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Henry Young captained the hosts. Vin Coutie captained the visitors. The visitors were coached by Alec Hall.

Geelong (9.5.59) defeated Melbourne (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1907 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1907
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 9.5.59 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 7 6 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 4 MELB by 4 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Henry Young

Melbourne

Captain: Vin Coutie
Coach: Alec Hall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Tulloch

Boundary Umpires

A. Batty
G. Sandford

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Boynton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Doull, George ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Gough, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Hardiman, Tom ? ? 1 ?
McKenzie, Alec ? ? 0 ?
McKinley, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McNeilage, George ? ? 0 ?
McNeilage, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Palmer, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Roebuck, Les ? ? 5 ?
Scown, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Sherry, Tom ? ? 3 ?
Slater, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Young, Henry (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 5

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Baquie, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Canavan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin (c) ? ? 0 ?
Hammond, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Harris, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Hunt, Phil ? ? 0 ?
Johnson, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Johnson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Mills, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Nielsen, Victor ? ? 0 ?
Onyons, Basil ? ? 2 ?
Parke, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Symonds, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 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