1908 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1908 between Geelong and Collingwood during round one of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League.
Geelong hosted Collingwood at Corio Oval.
Henry Young captained the hosts.
Eddie Drohan captained the visitors with Bob Nash as vice-captain.
The visitors were coached by Ted Rowell.
Geelong (12.13.85) defeated Collingwood (5.8.38).
Match Details
Season:
1908 VFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
Geelong
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 2 May 1908
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Corio Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
Geelong
def.
Collingwood
Score:
12.13.85 - 5.8.38
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Geelong | 2 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 13 | 12 | . | 13 | (85) |
| Collingwood | 1 | . | 5 | 3 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 7 | 5 | . | 8 | 5 | . | 8 | (38) |
| Margin | GEEL by 3 | GEEL by 24 | GEEL by 13 | GEEL by 47 | GEEL by 47 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Geelong
Captain: Henry YoungCollingwood
Captain: Eddie DrohanVice-Captain: Bob Nash
Coach: Ted Rowell
Player Statistics
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Bennett, Herb | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brownlees, Rupe | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Cameron, Charlie | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Doull, George | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Eason, Bill | HFFR | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Gell, Les | FPR | ? | 3 | ? | |
| Grigg, Dick | C | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Hardiman, Tom | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Hassett, Jack | RO | ? | 2 | ? | |
| McKinley, Bill | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Moran, Frank | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Newling, Ernie | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Orchard, Billy | FF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Rankin, Teddy | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Scown, Percy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Slater, Joe | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Stephens, Peter | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Young, Henry (c) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 12 | 13 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Angus, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Baxter, Tom | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Carden, Bill | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Drohan, Eddie (c) | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dummett, Alf | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dunstan, Alex | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibb, Percy | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Heatley, Bill | FPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Herbert, Marshall | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hughes, Les | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lee, Dick | FF | ? | 3 | ? | |
| McHale, Jock | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Nash, Bob (vc) | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pears, Harry | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rowell, Ted | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rush, Bob | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Ryan, Dave | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Wilcher, Frank | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 5 | 8 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Geelong | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| B. Carden | B. Nash (vc) | A. Dummett | J. Slater |
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| L. Gell | B. Orchard | T. Hardiman | H. Young (c) |
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| FORWARD | J. Hassett |
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| B. Rush | M. Herbert | F. Wilcher |
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| B. Eason | H. Bennett | F. Moran |
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| P. Gibb | J. McHale | T. Rowell |
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| P. Scown | D. Grigg | G. Doull | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | G. Angus |
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| HALF-FORWARD | L. Hughes |
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| A. Dunstan | H. Pears | E. Drohan (c) | T. Baxter |
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| P. Stephens | C. Cameron | E. Newling |
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| D. Ryan | D. Lee | B. Heatley |
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| B. McKinley | T. Rankin | R. Brownlees |
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| Collingwood | Coach: Ted Rowell | ||||||||||||||