1920 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1920 between Geelong and Melbourne during round nine of the 1920 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Alec Eason captained the hosts. George Heinz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Eason and the visitors were coached by Gerald Brosnan.

Geelong (16.17.113) defeated Melbourne (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1920 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 June 1920
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Corio Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 16.17.113 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 8 . 7 13 . 9 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Melbourne 2 . 8 2 . 9 5 . 12 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin MELB by 5 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 45 GEEL by 65 GEEL by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Alec Eason
Coach: Alec Eason

Melbourne

Captain: George Heinz
Coach: Gerald Brosnan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Clemenger, John ? ? 4 ?
5 Collins, Basil ? ? 0 ?
4 Craven, Harold ? ? 0 ?
2 Eason, Alec (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Gross, Vic ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Alwyn ? ? 1 ?
22 Jones, Jockie ? ? 1 ?
16 Kearney, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Mellan, Jim ? ? 2 ?
20 Murrell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Rankin, Bert ? ? 1 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff ? ? 6 ?
23 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Boyd, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Campbell, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 1 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Farrow, Alec ? ? 0 ?
14 Gray, Alec ? ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry ? ? 2 ?
15 Heinz, George (c) ? ? 2 ?
19 Huntington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Hutcheson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Matthews, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Tonkin, Eric ? ? 0 ?
28 Walker, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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