1928 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1928 between Geelong and Collingwood during round one of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Corio Oval. Tom Fitzmaurice captained the hosts. Syd Coventry captained the visitors with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Geelong (8.12.60) were defeated by Collingwood (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 21 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Collingwood
Score: 8.12.60 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 5 6 . 5 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Collingwood 0 . 5 2 . 6 6 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin GEEL by 15 GEEL by 17 COLL by 4 COLL by 6 COLL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Fitzmaurice
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Plunkett, Jack ? ? 2 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
7 Roach, Joe ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 1 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Beasley, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
6 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 6 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
13 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
16 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Rumney, Harold ? ? 1 ?
25 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 12

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