1926 VFL Season Round 4: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1926 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round four of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Charlie Tyson captained the hosts with Syd Coventry as vice-captain. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Collingwood (12.12.84) defeated Melbourne (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 12.12.84 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 4 5 . 7 9 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Melbourne 6 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 7 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin MELB by 29 MELB by 11 COLL by 3 COLL by 5 COLL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Vice-Captain: Syd Coventry
Coach: Jock McHale

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Wilkinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
2 Barker, Fred ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Collier, Albert ? ? 1 ?
8 Collier, Harry ? ? 1 ?
10 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 7 ?
9 Coventry, Syd (vc) ? ? 1 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
21 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 2 ?
34 Duff, Dave ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 3 ?
21 O'Brien, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Veal, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 7

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