1918 VFL Season Grand Final: South Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1918 between South Melbourne and Collingwood in the final of the 1918 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Jim Caldwell captained the hosts. Percy Wilson captained the visitors with Dick Lee as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Howson and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

South Melbourne (9.8.62) defeated Collingwood (7.15.57).

Match Details

Season: 1918 VFL Season
Round: Final (Grand Final)
Teams: South Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 7 September 1918
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 39,262

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 9.8.62 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 5 2 . 5 6 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Collingwood 3 . 3 4 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin COLL by 4 COLL by 16 COLL by 12 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Jim Caldwell
Coach: Bert Howson

Collingwood

Captain: Percy Wilson
Vice-Captain: Dick Lee
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

J. Monohan
D. Paterson

Boundary Umpires

G. Green
D. McKay

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Barber, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
2 Belcher, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Caldwell, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Doherty, Jock ? ? 0 ?
12 Graham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Hynes, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
17 Laird, Chris ? ? 3 ?
32 O'Donoghue, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
22 Rademacher, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Robertson, Harold ? ? 2 ?
24 Ryan, Gerald ? ? 3 ?
26 Skehan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
27 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 Turner, Chip ? ? 0 ?
30 Wood, Artie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Colechin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Dobrigh, Gus ? ? 0 ?
8 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Hughes, Les ? ? 1 ?
11 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
13 Lee, Dick (vc) ? ? 3 ?
12 Lumsden, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
17 McCarthy, Con ? ? 0 ?
28 Mutch, Alec ? ? 0 ?
20 Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
21 Reynolds, Pen ? ? 0 ?
23 Saunders, Harry ? ? 0 ?
22 Sheehy, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
29 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Walton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Wraith, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 15

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