1908 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1908 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round seventeen of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League.
Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG.
Hugh Purse captained the hosts.
Bob Nash captained the visitors with George Angus as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Billy Strickland.
Melbourne (4.8.32) were defeated by Collingwood (6.9.45).
Match Details
Season:
1908 VFL Season
Round:
Round 17
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 15 August 1908
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
MCG
Match Results
Outcome:
Melbourne
def. by
Collingwood
Score:
4.8.32 - 6.9.45
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Melbourne | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 7 | 4 | . | 8 | 4 | . | 8 | (32) |
| Collingwood | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 6 | . | 9 | (45) |
| Margin | MELB by 7 | MELB by 8 | COLL by 1 | COLL by 13 | COLL by 13 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Melbourne
Captain: Hugh PurseCoach: Alec Hall
Collingwood
Captain: Bob NashVice-Captain: George Angus
Coach: Billy Strickland (caretaker)
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Bickford, Albert | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Conquest, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Coutie, Vin | ? | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Fitzpatrick, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hewitt, Fred | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hodgkins, Joe | ? | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Jones, Alf | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Mills, Paddy | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Monk, Bobby | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Nolan, Bernie | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Norman, Len | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pearce, Joe | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Purse, Hugh (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Purse, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rigby, Harry | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Jack | ? | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Sykes, Wally | ? | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Wright, Henry | ? | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 4 | 8 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Angus, George (vc) | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Baxter, Jim | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Baxter, Tom | RO | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Daykin, Richard | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Dummett, Alf | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gibb, Percy | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Heatley, Bill | FPR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Herbert, Marshall | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Leach, Arthur | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lee, Dick | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| McHale, Jock | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Nash, Bob (c) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| O'Donoghue, Dave | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pannam, Albert | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rowell, Ted | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sadler, Jim | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Strachan, Bob | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wilcher, Frank | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 6 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Alec Hall | ||||||||||||||
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| D. O'Donoghue | T. Rowell | A. Dummett |
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| M. Herbert | B. Nash (c) | F. Wilcher |
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| J. Sadler | J. McHale | P. Gibb |
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| R. Daykin | A. Leach | A. Pannam | T. Baxter |
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| D. Lee | J. Baxter | B. Heatley |
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| Collingwood | Coach: Billy Strickland | ||||||||||||||