1923 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1923 between Geelong and Collingwood during round thirteen of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Corio Oval. Bert Rankin captained the hosts with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. Harry Curtis captained the visitors with Harry Saunders as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Taylor and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Geelong (9.18.72) defeated Collingwood (3.8.26).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 4 August 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 9.18.72 - 3.8.26

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 14 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Collingwood 0 . 1 2 . 3 2 . 4 3 . 8 3 . 8 (26)
Margin GEEL by 31 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

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

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

J. Monohan
J. Swift

Boundary Umpires

B. Streckfuss
A. Warren

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Dunstone, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric CHF ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward FPR ? 2 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd FF ? 1 ?
9 Johns, Keith HBFL ? 0 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim RU ? 0 ?
24 McCarter, Billy BPR ? 0 ?
27 Nicolson, Ken RU ? 0 ?
1 Pink, Arthur RO ? 2 ?
13 Plane, Charlie FB ? 0 ?
2 Rankin, Bert (c) C ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (vc) FPL ? 2 ?
7 Rodgers, Jimmy HFFR ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les WR ? 1 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted WL ? 0 ?
22 Tayler, Alec HFFL ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan HBFR ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George CHB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 18

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baker, Reg FPR ? 2 ?
2 Baker, Ted RO ? 0 ?
3 Benson, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
9 Brown, Charlie HBFR ? 0 ?
8 Chesswas, Harry C ? 0 ?
7 Cock, Eric WR ? 0 ?
4 Curtis, Harry (c) CHF ? 0 ?
17 Lawn, Jim RU ? 0 ?
26 Lingwood-Smith, Hector HBFL ? 0 ?
19 Makeham, Bob FF ? 0 ?
21 McCamish, Noel BPR ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie HFFR ? 0 ?
23 Rowe, Percy RU ? 0 ?
25 Saunders, Harry (vc) FB ? 0 ?
28 Taylor, Herbie FPL ? 1 ?
27 Tyson, Charlie CHB ? 0 ?
20 Webb, Reynolds HFFL ? 0 ?
31 Wescott, Leo WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 8

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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Bert Taylor
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
3 J. Benson 25 H. Saunders (vc) 21 N. McCamish 12 J. Mathieson

20 E. Greeves 14 L. Hagger 6 C. Rankin (vc) 27 K. Nicolson

FORWARD 1 A. Pink

HALF-BACK



26 H. Lingwood-Smith 27 C. Tyson 9 C. Brown



7 J. Rodgers 11 E. Fleming 22 A. Tayler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 L. Wescott 8 H. Chesswas 7 E. Cock



16 L. Smith 2 B. Rankin (c) 15 T. Stevenson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 J. Lawn

HALF-FORWARD 23 P. Rowe

20 R. Webb 4 H. Curtis (c) 18 L. Murphy 2 T. Baker

21 S. Thomas 19 G. Todd 9 K. Johns



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 H. Taylor 19 B. Makeham 10 R. Baker



24 B. McCarter 13 C. Plane 4 J. Dunstone



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Jock McHale