1926 VFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1926 between Collingwood and Footscray during round eight of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Charlie Tyson captained the hosts with Syd Coventry as vice-captain. Con McCarthy captained the visitors with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Jim Cassidy.

Collingwood (28.16.184) defeated Footscray (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 June 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 28.16.184 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 8 . 8 12 . 10 21 . 14 28 . 16 28 . 16 (184)
Footscray 2 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin COLL by 41 COLL by 52 COLL by 98 COLL by 126 COLL by 126
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 5 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Collier, Albert ? ? 2 ?
8 Collier, Harry ? ? 3 ?
10 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 11 ?
9 Coventry, Syd (vc) ? ? 1 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 2 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
30 Osmond, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 1 ?
25 Sneazwell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
25 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 28 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 2 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 2 ?
4 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 0 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
21 Freyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 3 ?
32 Howell, Gus ? ? 0 ?
35 Johns, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 McGlone, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 10

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