1924 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1924 between Geelong and Melbourne during round six of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Lloyd Hagger captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Lloyd Hagger and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Geelong (9.19.73) defeated Melbourne (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 May 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 9.19.73 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 6 . 11 6 . 14 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Melbourne 6 . 5 6 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin MELB by 22 GEEL by 6 MELB by 13 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lloyd Hagger
Coach: Lloyd Hagger

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Wickham

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Britter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
8 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd (c) ? ? 3 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
31 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Jorgensen, Frank ? ? 1 ?
10 Mathieson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 McCarter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
27 Nicolson, Ken ? ? 2 ?
1 Pink, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff ? ? 2 ?
22 Sharland, Wally ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anthony, Mick ? ? 0 ?
26 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Dunbar, Edgar ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
11 Elliman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
4 Elliott, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Harker, Harry ? ? 4 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 2 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 2 ?
Robertson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Shelton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 9

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