1926 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1926 between Geelong and Collingwood during round five of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Charlie Tyson captained the visitors with Syd Coventry as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Geelong (9.14.68) were defeated by Collingwood (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 29 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.14.68 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 0 6 . 7 6 . 8 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Collingwood 2 . 10 2 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin COLL by 10 GEEL by 20 COLL by 31 COLL by 7 COLL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

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 ? ? 2 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
2 Hickey, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 1 ?
22 Mulroyan, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 1 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Collier, Albert ? ? 3 ?
8 Collier, Harry ? ? 0 ?
10 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
9 Coventry, Syd (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Lauder, Albert ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
30 Osmond, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 Sneazwell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Stainsby, Les ? ? 2 ?
22 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
25 Wescott, Leo ? ? 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