1925 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 3 October 1925 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the final of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Charlie Tyson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (3.8.26) were defeated by Collingwood (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 3 October 1925
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,833

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 3.8.26 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 5 3 . 8 3 . 8 (26)
Collingwood 1 . 3 4 . 8 5 . 9 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin MELB by 5 COLL by 10 COLL by 16 COLL by 37 COLL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Collingwood

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Jorgensen, Frank ? ? 0 ?
8 Lilley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
20 Wilson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 0 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
6 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 5 ?
7 Coventry, Syd ? ? 0 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Harris, John ? ? 1 ?
15 Lawn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Stainsby, Les ? ? 1 ?
25 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
27 Webb, Reynolds ? ? 0 ?
28 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 15

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