1912 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1912 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round one of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. Jock McHale captained the visitors with Jim Sharp as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (9.14.68) defeated Collingwood (5.9.39).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 27 April 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 10,585

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 9.14.68 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 3 . 8 8 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Collingwood 1 . 1 3 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 3 MELB by 28 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Collingwood

Captain: Jock McHale
Vice-Captain: Jim Sharp
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
M. Minahan

Boundary Umpires

B. Bremner
F. Winslow

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill HFFL ? 0 ?
2 Brereton, Harry HFFR ? 5 ?
14 Bristow, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
4 Fitzpatrick, Jim C ? 0 ?
13 Francis, Bert FF ? 0 ?
3 George, Alf (c) RU ? 0 ?
8 Harris, Frank HBFL ? 0 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill RU ? 1 ?
7 Hickey, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
12 Kennedy, Mal CHB ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Tim CHF ? 2 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill WR ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby FPR ? 1 ?
17 Naismith, Wally BPL ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe FB ? 0 ?
25 Politz, Ted FPL ? 0 ?
10 Robertson, Jack WL ? 0 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley RO ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, George HFFR ? 0 ?
5 Gibb, Len HFFL ? 0 ?
2 Gibb, Percy WR ? 0 ?
3 Gilchrist, Paddy FF ? 1 ?
4 Green, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
7 Hughes, Les RU ? 0 ?
8 Jackson, Jim WL ? 0 ?
9 Jackson, Victor FPL ? 1 ?
13 Laxton, Charlie FPR ? 0 ?
12 Lowe, Jack RU ? 1 ?
16 McHale, Jock (c) C ? 0 ?
15 Minogue, Dan BPL ? 1 ?
14 Mutch, Alec HBFR ? 0 ?
18 Rowell, Ted FB ? 1 ?
19 Ryan, Dave CHF ? 0 ?
21 Sadler, Jim HBFL ? 0 ?
22 Sharp, Jim (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Percy RO ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 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 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Alec Hall
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 D. Minogue 18 T. Rowell 4 J. Green 3 A. George (c)

9 B. Monk 13 B. Francis 25 T. Politz 5 B. Hendrie

FORWARD 11 H. Tomkins

HALF-BACK



21 J. Sadler 22 J. Sharp (vc) 14 A. Mutch



2 H. Brereton 15 T. Lane 1 B. Allen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 J. Jackson 16 J. McHale (c) 2 P. Gibb



6 B. McKenzie 4 J. Fitzpatrick 10 J. Robertson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 7 L. Hughes

HALF-FORWARD 12 J. Lowe

5 L. Gibb 19 D. Ryan 1 G. Anderson 24 P. Wilson

14 J. Bristow 12 M. Kennedy 8 F. Harris



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



9 V. Jackson 3 P. Gilchrist 13 C. Laxton



7 B. Hickey 19 J. Pearce 17 W. Naismith



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Jock McHale