1923 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1923 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round five of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts. Bert Rankin captained the visitors with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Pannam and the visitors were coached by Bert Taylor.

South Melbourne (13.11.89) defeated Geelong (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Monday 4 June 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 13.11.89 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 7 9 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Geelong 6 . 4 6 . 5 8 . 14 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin GEEL by 15 SMLB by 8 GEEL by 1 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Geelong

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Alexander, Harold ? ? 3 ?
4 Allison, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
20 Billett, Billy ? ? 1 ?
32 Brown, Martin ? ? 1 ?
9 Hando, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
8 Hiskins, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
14 James, Syd ? ? 2 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 Laird, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Matthews, Wal ? ? 2 ?
32 McDonald, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Connell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Ross, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
17 Wood, Artie ? ? 1 ?
29 Woodfield, Les ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Ellis, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
17 Fleming, Roy ? ? 1 ?
29 Harris, George ? ? 1 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 1 ?
18 Jones, Jockie ? ? 2 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
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) ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 1 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 15

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