1925 VFL Season Grand Final: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 October 1925 between Collingwood and Geelong in the challenge final of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at the MCG. Charlie Tyson captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Collingwood (9.15.69) were defeated by Geelong (10.19.79).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 October 1925
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 64,288

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Geelong
Score: 9.15.69 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 5 4 . 9 6 . 12 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 8 10 . 13 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Coach: Jock McHale

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

E. Jenkins
D. Wheeler

Boundary Umpires

G. Laity
W. Naismith

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 1 ?
6 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Coventry, Syd ? ? 0 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Lawn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Stainsby, Les ? ? 2 ?
25 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
27 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 2 ?
28 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 1 ?
29 Heagney, Denis ? ? 1 ?
31 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 5 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 1 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 19

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