1926 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1926 between Footscray and Geelong during round twelve of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Harry Saunders and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Footscray (7.14.56) were defeated by Geelong (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 July 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 7.14.56 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 4 . 10 6 . 12 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Geelong 5 . 8 6 . 9 12 . 13 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin GEEL by 27 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Harry Saunders (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
20 Anthony, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 2 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 0 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
21 Freyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 2 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
22 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
5 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic ? ? 1 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Comben, Aubrey ? ? 1 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 2 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Jockie ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
13 Mills, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 6 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 17

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