1926 VFL Season Round 16: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1926 between Collingwood and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. In the absence of Charlie Tyson, vice-captain Syd Coventry captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Collingwood (8.16.64) were defeated by Geelong (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 26,550

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Geelong
Score: 8.16.64 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 14 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Geelong 3 . 3 8 . 8 11 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin COLL by 14 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
3 Beasley, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
8 Collier, Harry ? ? 1 ?
10 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Coventry, Syd (ac) ? ? 1 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 2 ?
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) 8 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
10 Fleming, Roy ? ? 4 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
21 Laver, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 1 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 2 ?
30 Taylor, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 13

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