1926 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1926 between Geelong and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Donald Don captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Mel Morris.

Geelong (19.16.130) defeated Richmond (8.18.66).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 4 September 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 11,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 19.16.130 - 8.18.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 12 . 5 14 . 9 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Richmond 0 . 7 1 . 9 5 . 15 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Margin GEEL by 26 GEEL by 62 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 64 GEEL by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Richmond

Captain: Donald Don
Coach: Mel Morris

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Player Statistics

Geelong

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

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Anderson, Alby ? ? 0 ?
5 Anderson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 James, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
4 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
33 Lynch, Dave ? ? 3 ?
25 MacIsaac, Angus ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 2 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Waterhouse, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 18

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