1927 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1927 between Collingwood and Geelong during round one of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Collingwood (16.11.107) defeated Geelong (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 April 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 16.11.107 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 2 7 . 2 13 . 5 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 9 11 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin COLL by 29 GEEL by 1 COLL by 6 COLL by 23 COLL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Ernie Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 4 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 8 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
16 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Muir, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
23 Rowlands, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 2 ?
27 Sneazwell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 2 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 5 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Leahy, Ken ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 12

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