1909 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Competition: 1909 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 12-2-4, P%: 130.3)
Finals Performance: Defeated by South Melbourne (Semi Final)

Team Leaders

Captain: Bob Nash
Vice-Captain: George Angus

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Angus, George 19 9 R01-18, SF
Bailes, Ernie 2 0 R02, R04
Baxter, Jim 2 0 R18, SF
Baxter, Tom 15 12 R03-07, R10-18, SF
Bristow, Lindsay 2 0 R02-03
Burleigh, Wal 10 1 R02-03, R06-07, R09, R11, R13-16
Cock, Herbert 2 1 R01, R11
Diggle, Graham 2 0 R02-03
Dummett, Alf 3 0 R01, R08, R16
Dummett, Charlie 3 2 R01, R04-05
Freeman, Artie 13 7 R01-04, R06-12, R15, R17
Gibb, Percy 15 1 R03-09, R12-18, SF
Heatley, Bill 18 12 R01-02, R04-18, SF
Herbert, Marshall 19 0 R01-18, SF
Hughes, Les 19 14 R01-18, SF
Lee, Dick 19 58 R01-18, SF
McHale, Jock 19 1 R01-18, SF
McIvor, Duncan 13 0 R02-10, R12, R15, R18, SF
McKnight, Bert 1 0 R05
Nash, Bob 18 1 R01-17, SF
O'Donoghue, Dave 19 0 R01-18, SF
Oliver, Norm 11 1 R07-08, R10-18
Pannam, Albert 2 0 R01, R03
Rowell, Ted 16 3 R01-06, R08-09, R12-18, SF
Ryan, Dave 18 18 R01, R03-18, SF
Sadler, Jim 17 0 R01-03, R05-16, R18, SF
Shorten, Jack 15 0 R04-08, R10-18, SF
Vernon, Dick 15 5 R01-02, R04-10, R13-14, R16-18, SF
Wilcher, Frank 5 0 R01, R09-11, R17
Wilson, Percy 10 4 R02, R09-14, R17-18, SF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Angus, George 19 12 -2- 5 R01-18, SF

Team Line-Up

Back: Dave O'Donoghue Ted Rowell Marshall Herbert
Half-Back: Bob Nash Duncan McIvor Frank Wilcher
Centre: Jim Sadler Jock McHale Wal Burleigh
Half-Forward: Artie Freeman Dave Ryan Herbert Cock
Forward: Bill Heatley Dick Lee Percy Wilson
Follower: George Angus Les Hughes Tom Baxter

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 3 out of 19 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1909 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 11 George Angus Bob Nash
08/05/1909 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN COLL by 6 George Angus Bob Nash
15/05/1909 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 17 George Angus Bob Nash
22/05/1909 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN COLL by 36 George Angus Bob Nash
29/05/1909 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 20 George Angus Bob Nash
05/06/1909 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN COLL by 42 George Angus Bob Nash
07/06/1909 Round 7 University HOME WIN COLL by 36 George Angus Bob Nash
12/06/1909 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN COLL by 28 George Angus Bob Nash
26/06/1909 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn George Angus Bob Nash
03/07/1909 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COLL by 31 George Angus Bob Nash
10/07/1909 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN COLL by 40 George Angus Bob Nash
17/07/1909 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN COLL by 1 George Angus Bob Nash
24/07/1909 Round 13 Richmond AWAY WIN COLL by 35 George Angus Bob Nash
31/07/1909 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 11 George Angus Bob Nash
07/08/1909 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 56 George Angus Bob Nash
21/08/1909 Round 16 University AWAY DRAW drawn George Angus Bob Nash
28/08/1909 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN COLL by 45 George Angus Bob Nash
04/09/1909 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 42 George Angus George Angus
18/09/1909 Semi Final South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 21 George Angus Bob Nash