1926 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 1926 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Geelong (15.14.104) defeated Fitzroy (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 September 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.14.104 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 5 7 . 7 13 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Fitzroy 0 . 1 3 . 6 4 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 56 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
10 Fleming, Roy ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 5 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Jockie ? ? 1 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
13 Mills, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Taylor, Bill ? ? 3 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 14

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 2 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
8 Costigan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
17 Gordon, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
28 Kemp, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Truman, Vic ? ? 0 ?
23 Wood, Lockie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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