1913 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1913 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round one of the 1913 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. Jock McHale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (5.7.37) were defeated by Collingwood (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1913 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 26 April 1913
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,974

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.7.37 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 2 . 6 3 . 6 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Collingwood 2 . 5 5 . 8 5 . 12 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin COLL by 8 COLL by 20 COLL by 18 COLL by 23 COLL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Collingwood

Captain: Jock McHale
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Lecher

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
F. Lucas

Boundary Umpires

H. Goding
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Allen, Bill ? ? 1 ?
21 Armstrong, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Brady, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Chapman, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 George, Alf (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Hosking, Phil ? ? 0 ?
6 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Lugton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Maguire, Mick ? ? 3 ?
7 McDougall, Norm ? ? 0 ?
4 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Millhouse, Algy ? ? 0 ?
5 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 7

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Fielding, Fred ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Percy ? ? 1 ?
7 Gilchrist, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
11 Goodall, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Gray, Roy ? ? 0 ?
8 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Les ? ? 1 ?
14 Jackson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
15 Lowe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 McHale, Jock (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Minogue, Dan ? ? 2 ?
23 Rowan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
22 Rowell, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Seddon, Mal ? ? 1 ?
30 Shorten, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Wilson, Percy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 12

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