1927 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1927 between Geelong and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Cliff Rankin captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Cliff Rankin and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Geelong (13.8.86) defeated Melbourne (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 August 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 17,200

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 13.8.86 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 7 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 3 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 McDiarmid, Cleve ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
11 Mollison, Derek ? ? 1 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 2 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 7

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