1927 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1927 between Collingwood and Richmond during round three of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts. Allan Geddes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Collingwood (6.13.49) were defeated by Richmond (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 14 May 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Richmond
Score: 6.13.49 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 3 3 . 5 4 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Richmond 1 . 6 1 . 8 5 . 11 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin RICH by 3 COLL by 9 RICH by 8 RICH by 6 RICH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Coach: Jock McHale

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Beasley, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
16 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Morelli, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
19 Muir, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Rowe, Percy ? ? 1 ?
27 Sneazwell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Hislop, Max ? ? 0 ?
5 Kight, Frank ? ? 1 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
33 Lynch, Dave ? ? 3 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Neill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Spain, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 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