1927 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1927 between Footscray and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Footscray (9.6.60) were defeated by Geelong (10.19.79).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 9.6.60 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 3 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 11 7 . 12 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin FOOT by 10 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 2 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 4 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Glover, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Johns, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodman, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 6

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 McDiarmid, Cleve ? ? 2 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 4 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 19

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