1926 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1926 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Gerry Donnelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Gerry Donnelly.

Geelong (15.22.112) defeated North Melbourne (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 15.22.112 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 6 4 . 10 12 . 15 15 . 22 15 . 22 (112)
North Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 57 GEEL by 64 GEEL by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

North Melbourne

Captain: Gerry Donnelly
Coach: Gerry Donnelly (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rowe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
10 Fleming, Roy ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 3 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Laver, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 1 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 4 ?
30 Taylor, Bill ? ? 2 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 2 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 22

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Barnes, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 Bolt, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Britt, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Donnelly, Gerry (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 1 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
4 Lindsay, Duncan ? ? 1 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
16 Lovett, Joe ? ? 1 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Nolan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 2 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
26 Wood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 6

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