1925 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1925 between Geelong and Melbourne in the second semi final of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. 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 (13.8.86) were defeated by Melbourne (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 September 1925
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,256

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.8.86 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 1 5 . 2 9 . 5 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Melbourne 3 . 9 8 . 10 13 . 13 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 26 MELB by 32 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 7 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
29 Heagney, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Johns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Jockie ? ? 1 ?
18 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 4 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 8

Melbourne

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

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