1927 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1927 between Melbourne and Geelong during round five of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Melbourne (7.16.58) were defeated by Geelong (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 May 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,320

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 7.16.58 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 4 . 8 7 . 13 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Geelong 1 . 4 4 . 8 7 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MELB by 9 level MELB by 4 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 2 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 2 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 16

Geelong

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