1925 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1925 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round one of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Wels Eicke captained the visitors with Billy Smith as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Wels Eicke.

Geelong (8.11.59) were defeated by North Melbourne (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 May 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.11.59 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 4 . 6 6 . 9 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
North Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 8 7 . 8 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin GEEL by 16 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

North Melbourne

Captain: Wels Eicke
Vice-Captain: Billy Smith
Coach: Wels Eicke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Wickham

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 2 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
31 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Pink, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
10 Plane, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Profitt, Vic ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
22 Sharland, Wally ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 11

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Clapson, Harry ? ? 1 ?
19 Doherty, Jock ? ? 2 ?
1 Eicke, Wels (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Giles, Archie ? ? 0 ?
16 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
5 Goonan, Alf ? ? 1 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 1 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
3 Lindsay, Duncan ? ? 0 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
23 McIntosh, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 3 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Billy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

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