1923 VFL Season Round 4: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1923 between Collingwood and Geelong during round four of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Harry Curtis captained the hosts with Harry Saunders as vice-captain. Bert Rankin captained the visitors with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Bert Taylor.

Collingwood (16.23.119) defeated Geelong (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 May 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 16.23.119 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 6 7 . 8 14 . 17 16 . 23 16 . 23 (119)
Geelong 2 . 3 6 . 8 6 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin COLL by 15 COLL by 6 COLL by 57 COLL by 47 COLL by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Curtis
Vice-Captain: Harry Saunders
Coach: Jock McHale

Geelong

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

V. Maguire

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Cock, Eric ? ? 4 ?
5 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
6 Coventry, Syd ? ? 1 ?
4 Curtis, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Hannah, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
16 Lee, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
26 Lingwood-Smith, Hector ? ? 0 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 4 ?
20 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
25 Saunders, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
27 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
20 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 1 ?
31 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Dunstone, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
28 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
29 Harris, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Jones, Jockie ? ? 3 ?
25 Keane, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 3 ?
24 McCarter, Billy ? ? 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 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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