1927 VFL Season Round 5: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1927 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round five of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Collingwood (18.15.123) defeated Fitzroy (9.5.59).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 May 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.15.123 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 9 7 . 11 15 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 7 . 3 8 . 4 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Margin COLL by 26 COLL by 8 COLL by 50 COLL by 64 COLL by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Coach: Jock McHale

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

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 ? ? 0 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 11 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 3 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 2 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Morelli, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Rowe, Percy ? ? 1 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 1 ?
27 Sneazwell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 18 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
1 Bols, Lou ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 2 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 2 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
5 Elliott, Ern ? ? 0 ?
18 Foley, Steve ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
37 Hickey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 5 ?
15 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
34 Toovey, Claude ? ? 0 ?
33 White, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 5

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