1919 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 11 October 1919 between Richmond and Collingwood in the challenge final of the 1919 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Percy Maybury captained the hosts. Con McCarthy captained the visitors with Ernie Lumsden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Clark and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Richmond (7.11.53) were defeated by Collingwood (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 11 October 1919
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 45,413

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.11.53 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 4 . 7 5 . 10 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Collingwood 1 . 5 5 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin COLL by 3 COLL by 4 COLL by 16 COLL by 25 COLL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Percy Maybury
Coach: Norm Clark

Collingwood

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Ernie Lumsden
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

C. Bell
W. Miller

Boundary Umpires

W. Johnston
W. Naismith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Abbott, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
2 Bayliss, George ? ? 2 ?
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 2 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
33 Harley, Frank ? ? 1 ?
6 Hede, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
29 Hislop, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Huggard, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 James, Hughie ? ? 2 ?
3 Maybury, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 0 ?
9 Morris, Stan ? ? 0 ?
23 Parkinson, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 11

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Colechin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Curtis, Harry ? ? 1 ?
5 Drummond, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 Haysom, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughes, Les ? ? 1 ?
11 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
13 Lee, Dick ? ? 3 ?
10 Lumsden, Ernie (vc) ? ? 1 ?
14 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Mutch, Alec ? ? 0 ?
15 Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Reynolds, Pen ? ? 0 ?
18 Saunders, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Seddon, Mal ? ? 2 ?
17 Sheehy, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Twomey, Bill ? ? 1 ?
21 Walton, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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