1923 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1923 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Corio Oval. Bert Rankin captained the hosts with Cliff Rankin as vice-captain. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Taylor and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.

Geelong (8.15.63) were defeated by South Melbourne (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 August 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.15.63 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
South Melbourne 1 . 2 5 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin GEEL by 25 level SMLB by 6 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 3 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 1 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 2 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 1 ?
23 Jorgensen, Frank ? ? 0 ?
12 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 McCarter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
27 Nicolson, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Pink, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Plane, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Rankin, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (vc) ? ? 1 ?
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) 8 15

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Alexander, Harold ? ? 1 ?
32 Brown, Martin ? ? 1 ?
11 Cazaly, Roy ? ? 0 ?
21 Condon, Bill ? ? 2 ?
9 Hando, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Hynes, Tammy ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 5 ?
12 Laird, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Matthews, Herb ? ? 0 ?
16 Matthews, Wal ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Connell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Ross, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Russell, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Sutton, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
17 Wood, Artie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 10

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