1923 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1923 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round eighteen of the 1923 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Charlie Lilley captained the hosts. Harry Curtis captained the visitors with Harry Saunders as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Percy Wilson and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (11.21.87) were defeated by Collingwood (21.12.138).

Match Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 September 1923
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,414

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.21.87 - 21.12.138

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 14 11 . 21 11 . 21 (87)
Collingwood 5 . 2 10 . 5 15 . 9 21 . 12 21 . 12 (138)
Margin COLL by 2 COLL by 15 COLL by 31 COLL by 51 COLL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Lilley
Coach: Percy Wilson

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 2 ?
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 1 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Donaldson, Eric ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliman, Dave ? ? 2 ?
2 Flanagan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
31 Glasscock, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 2 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Makin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
24 Peck, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 21

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Baker, Reg ? ? 3 ?
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 3 ?
1 Buck, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Cock, Eric ? ? 1 ?
5 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 5 ?
4 Curtis, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Lawn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
16 Lee, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 5 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
23 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
25 Saunders, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
27 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 3 ?
31 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 21 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