1927 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1927 between Footscray and Collingwood during round eight of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Syd Coventry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Footscray (4.12.36) were defeated by Collingwood (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 18 June 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 4.12.36 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 2 . 3 2 . 3 4 . 12 4 . 12 (36)
Collingwood 3 . 4 4 . 4 7 . 15 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin COLL by 22 COLL by 13 COLL by 42 COLL by 22 COLL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 1 ?
23 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
29 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Power, Henry ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Ulbrick, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Wallace, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Whight, Stan ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodman, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Wunhym, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 2 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 1 ?
27 Sneazwell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 16

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