1925 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1925 between Geelong and Melbourne during round nine of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Geelong (15.9.99) defeated Melbourne (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 June 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 15.9.99 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 4 9 . 5 13 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Melbourne 0 . 1 4 . 5 6 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin GEEL by 39 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
3 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 1 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 2 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 1 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 1 ?
21 Thomas, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 2 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
5 Donnelly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Jorgensen, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 6 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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