1927 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1927 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round three of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Syd Barker captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

North Melbourne (8.5.53) were defeated by Geelong (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 14 May 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.5.53 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 1 5 . 1 8 . 5 8 . 5 (53)
Geelong 3 . 8 3 . 8 7 . 13 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin GEEL by 20 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Syd Barker
Coach: Syd Barker

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Goal Umpires

R. Treloar

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Coulsell, Fred ? ? 0 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
6 Johnston, Harold ? ? 1 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
11 Linton, Curly ? ? 0 ?
10 Lock, Jacky ? ? 0 ?
16 Lovett, Joe ? ? 0 ?
8 Lowe, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
25 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
14 Metcalf, Fred ? ? 2 ?
23 Nolan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
5 Pitchford, Mac ? ? 1 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 5

Geelong

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