1923 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1923 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eleven of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Charlie Lilley captained the hosts. Bert Rankin captained the visitors with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Percy Wilson and the visitors were coached by Bert Taylor.

Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by Geelong (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 21 July 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,353

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.8.56 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 2 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Geelong 3 . 6 8 . 7 9 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin GEEL by 23 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Lilley
Coach: Percy Wilson

Geelong

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 2 ?
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
4 Elliott, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry ? ? 1 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Makin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
34 Moore, Vern ? ? 0 ?
20 Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 2 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 3 ?
20 Wilson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
4 Dunstone, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 3 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 1 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 McCarter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
1 Pink, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Plane, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Rankin, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (vc) ? ? 5 ?
7 Rodgers, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Tayler, Alec ? ? 0 ?
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