1910 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1910 between Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1910 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Vin Coutie captained the hosts. Bill Eason captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Eddie Drohan and the visitors were coached by Dave Hickinbotham.

Melbourne (6.6.42) were defeated by Geelong (13.21.99).

Match Details

Season: 1910 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 April 1910
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 2,644

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 6.6.42 - 13.21.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 11 8 . 14 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 57 GEEL by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Vin Coutie
Coach: Eddie Drohan

Geelong

Captain: Bill Eason
Coach: Dave Hickinbotham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bremner

Boundary Umpires

F. Ashworth
T. Beauchamp

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bell, David ? ? 0 ?
Beswicke, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Brereton, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Coutie, Vin (c) ? ? 0 ?
Crow, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Hewitt, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Hodgkins, Joe ? ? 2 ?
Irwin, Les ? ? 0 ?
McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Rennolds, Alex ? ? 0 ?
Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Sykes, Wally ? ? 1 ?
Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Werner, Reg ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 6

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
Beard, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Dalton, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Doull, George ? ? 1 ?
Eason, Alec ? ? 0 ?
Eason, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Heinz, George ? ? 1 ?
Martini, Percy ? ? 5 ?
Newling, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Orchard, Billy ? ? 3 ?
Palmer, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Rankin, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
Ricketts, George ? ? 0 ?
Scown, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Slater, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Whittington, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 21

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