1927 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1927 between Collingwood and Geelong in the second semi final of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at the MCG. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Collingwood (16.18.114) defeated Geelong (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 September 1927
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,595

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 16.18.114 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 6 9 . 10 13 . 15 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Geelong 1 . 0 1 . 2 2 . 4 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin COLL by 30 COLL by 56 COLL by 77 COLL by 66 COLL by 66
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

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 ? ? 4 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 7 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Harris, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
15 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Milburn, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
18 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Rowe, Percy ? ? 1 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 2 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 6

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