1927 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1927 between Geelong and Collingwood during round twelve of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Syd Coventry captained the visitors with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Geelong (7.7.49) were defeated by Collingwood (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 16 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 21,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.7.49 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 1 2 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Collingwood 2 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin COLL by 7 COLL by 20 COLL by 16 COLL by 16 COLL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Ernie Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 1 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Lucas, Rod ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 2 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 7

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 ? ? 1 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 1 ?
22 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 11

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