1923 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1923 between Geelong and Melbourne during round two of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Bert Rankin captained the hosts with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. Percy Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Taylor and the visitors were coached by Percy Wilson.

Geelong (5.22.52) were defeated by Melbourne (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 May 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.22.52 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 3 . 9 4 . 16 5 . 22 5 . 22 (52)
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 5 7 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 14 MELB by 12 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bert Rankin
Vice-Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Bert Taylor

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Wilson
Coach: Percy Wilson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Dunstone, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Ellis, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
17 Fleming, Roy ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Jones, Jockie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 McCarter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 McGregor, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Pink, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Plane, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Rankin, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (vc) ? ? 3 ?
10 Sharland, Wally ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 1 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Flanagan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 2 ?
21 House, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
26 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
22 Makin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 2 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 5 ?
20 Wilson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 14

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