1908 VFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1908 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round eight of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Eddie Drohan captained the hosts with Bob Nash as vice-captain. The visitors were coached by Alec Hall.

Collingwood (8.8.56) defeated Melbourne (4.8.32).

Match Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 June 1908
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 8.8.56 - 4.8.32

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 3 4 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Melbourne 0 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 6 4 . 8 4 . 8 (32)
Margin COLL by 25 COLL by 10 COLL by 29 COLL by 24 COLL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Eddie Drohan
Vice-Captain: Bob Nash

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alec Hall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Tulloch

Boundary Umpires

J. Gregory
G. Hastings

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Angus, George RU ? 1 ?
Baxter, Tom HFFL ? 1 ?
Carden, Bill BPL ? 0 ?
Drohan, Eddie (c) HFFR ? 0 ?
Dummett, Alf BPR ? 0 ?
Freeman, Artie WL ? 0 ?
Gibb, Percy WR ? 0 ?
Heatley, Bill FPL ? 0 ?
Herbert, Marshall CHB ? 0 ?
Hughes, Les FPR ? 0 ?
Lee, Dick FF ? 3 ?
McHale, Jock C ? 0 ?
Nash, Bob (vc) FB ? 0 ?
O'Donoghue, Dave HBFL ? 0 ?
Pannam, Albert RO ? 0 ?
Rowell, Ted CHF ? 2 ?
Ryan, Dave RU ? 1 ?
Wilcher, Frank HBFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Baquie, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
Bickford, Albert BPR ? 0 ?
Conquest, Jim WL ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin CHF ? 0 ?
Donaldson, Jack RU ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Jim RU ? 0 ?
Harris, Frank CHB ? 0 ?
Hodgkins, Joe HFFL ? 0 ?
Homan, Bill WR ? 0 ?
Jones, Alf FF ? 1 ?
Martin, George FPL ? 1 ?
Mills, Paddy HBFR ? 0 ?
Norman, Len RO ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe FB ? 0 ?
Smith, Jack FPR ? 0 ?
Strong, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
Sykes, Wally C ? 1 ?
Tottey, Bill HFFR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 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 50s

Player Line-Up

Collingwood Coach: unknown
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
J. Baquie J. Pearce A. Bickford G. Angus

L. Hughes D. Lee B. Heatley D. Ryan

FORWARD A. Pannam

HALF-BACK



J. Strong F. Harris P. Mills



E. Drohan (c) T. Rowell T. Baxter



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



J. Conquest W. Sykes B. Homan



P. Gibb J. McHale A. Freeman FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE J. Donaldson

HALF-FORWARD J. Fitzpatrick

J. Hodgkins V. Coutie B. Tottey L. Norman

F. Wilcher M. Herbert D. O'Donoghue



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



G. Martin A. Jones J. Smith



A. Dummett B. Nash (vc) B. Carden



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Alec Hall

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jack Donaldson behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 ??:??
COLL Dick Lee behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 ??:??
COLL Dick Lee goal 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 ??:??
MELB George Martin behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 ??:??
COLL unknown goal 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 ??:??
COLL George Angus goal 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 ??:??
COLL Dick Lee goal 4.1.25 - 0.2.2 ??:??
COLL Eddie Drohan behind 4.2.26 - 0.2.2 ??:??
COLL Dick Lee behind 4.3.27 - 0.2.2 ??:??
Q2 MELB George Martin goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 ??:??
MELB George Martin behind 4.3.27 - 1.3.9 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 4.3.27 - 1.4.10 ??:??
MELB Alf Jones goal 4.3.27 - 2.4.16 ??:??
MELB unknown behind 4.3.27 - 2.5.17 ??:??
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