1927 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1927 between Geelong and Footscray during round two of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Geelong (14.20.104) defeated Footscray (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 May 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 15,300

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 14.20.104 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 6 7 . 10 12 . 16 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Footscray 0 . 2 1 . 7 3 . 10 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin GEEL by 40 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 60 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Geelong

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

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Anthony, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 1 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 2 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 1 ?
23 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 2 ?
11 Johns, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Malberg, Artie ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ulbrick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Whight, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 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