1918 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Collingwood v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1918 between Collingwood and St Kilda in the first semi final of the 1918 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Percy Wilson captained the hosts with Dick Lee as vice-captain. Harry Lever captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Jimmy Smith.

Collingwood (7.16.58) defeated St Kilda (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1918 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 17 August 1918
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,375

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. St Kilda
Score: 7.16.58 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 5 4 . 6 5 . 11 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
St Kilda 2 . 1 6 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin COLL by 4 STKL by 11 STKL by 7 COLL by 9 COLL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

St Kilda

Captain: Harry Lever
Coach: Jimmy Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Colechin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Dobrigh, Gus ? ? 0 ?
7 Drummond, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Hughes, Les ? ? 1 ?
11 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
10 Lee, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Lee, Dick (vc) ? ? 2 ?
12 Lumsden, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
17 McCarthy, Con ? ? 0 ?
28 Mutch, Alec ? ? 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 ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Berry, Reg ? ? 1 ?
12 Bowden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Boyd, Les ? ? 2 ?
28 Buntine, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
14 Cazaly, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Collins, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Dangerfield, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Eicke, Wels ? ? 0 ?
23 Hannan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 James, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Kennedy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
4 Lang, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
1 Lever, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Maloney, Pat ? ? 0 ?
22 McNamara, Dave ? ? 2 ?
10 Ostberg, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Schmidt, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Turnbull, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 7

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