1926 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1926 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round four of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Gerry Donnelly captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stan Thomas and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

North Melbourne (7.8.50) were defeated by Geelong (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 7.8.50 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 0 5 . 3 5 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Geelong 2 . 7 3 . 8 6 . 12 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin GEEL by 13 NMLB by 7 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Gerry Donnelly
Coach: Stan Thomas (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Barnes, Harry ? ? 0 ?
13 Britt, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Donnelly, Gerry (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
4 Lindsay, Duncan ? ? 2 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
30 Lynch, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 2 ?
5 Nolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Comben, Aubrey ? ? 1 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
2 Hickey, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Paterson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 2 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 16

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