1926 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1926 between Geelong and Melbourne during round ten of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Geelong (8.19.67) defeated Melbourne (8.5.53).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 July 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 21,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 8.19.67 - 8.5.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 6 4 . 9 5 . 15 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 4 6 . 4 8 . 5 8 . 5 (53)
Margin GEEL by 4 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brushfield, Nick ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 3 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Mills, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
30 Taylor, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
33 Dick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
34 Duff, Dave ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 1 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 2 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 5

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