1926 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1926 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round fifteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. In the absence of Charlie Tyson, vice-captain Syd Coventry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (6.7.43) were defeated by Collingwood (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 21 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,475

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 6.7.43 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Collingwood 2 . 7 4 . 9 10 . 11 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin COLL by 13 COLL by 6 COLL by 37 COLL by 50 COLL by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
11 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 2 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 7

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 2 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 3 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
8 Collier, Harry ? ? 2 ?
10 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
9 Coventry, Syd (ac) ? ? 1 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Harris, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
21 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 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