1926 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1926 between Geelong and Footscray during round one of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Con McCarthy captained the visitors with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Jim Cassidy.

Geelong (13.15.93) defeated Footscray (3.9.27).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 13.15.93 - 3.9.27

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 4 . 7 9 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Footscray 0 . 3 1 . 6 2 . 6 3 . 9 3 . 9 (27)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 66 GEEL by 66
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Jim Cassidy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Barlow

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
29 Heagney, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Jockie ? ? 2 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Paterson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 4 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
23 Hopkins, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
5 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic ? ? 1 ?
34 Sharpley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 9

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