1917 VFL Season Round 4: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1917 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round four of the 1917 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. In the absence of Jock McHale, vice-captain Percy Wilson captained the hosts. Vic Belcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Collingwood (8.18.66) defeated South Melbourne (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1917 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 June 1917
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 8.18.66 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 5 4 . 10 5 . 16 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 3 . 3 6 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin COLL by 10 COLL by 13 COLL by 4 COLL by 21 COLL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Percy Wilson (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

South Melbourne

Captain: Vic Belcher
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

D. Disher

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Colechin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
3 Curtis, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Dobrigh, Gus ? ? 1 ?
8 Drummond, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Hughes, Les ? ? 1 ?
14 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
12 Lee, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Lee, Dick ? ? 3 ?
16 MacKechnie, Sam ? ? 0 ?
19 Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Reynolds, Pen ? ? 1 ?
23 Saunders, Harry ? ? 0 ?
22 Sheehy, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Percy (ac) ? ? 0 ?
25 Wraith, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 18

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Ashton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Vic (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Boyce, Alf ? ? 1 ?
2 Caldwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Daly, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Deas, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Doherty, Jock ? ? 1 ?
3 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hutchinson, Dick ? ? 2 ?
26 Lowrie, Mal ? ? 0 ?
18 Morgan, Harry ? ? 2 ?
19 Prince, Joe ? ? 0 ?
9 Rademacher, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Robertson, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Ryan, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
12 Skehan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
22 Stewart, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Tandy, Mark ? ? 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 50s