1929 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 1929 between Richmond and Collingwood in the challenge final of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Dooley Lilburne captained the hosts. Syd Coventry captained the visitors with Harry Chesswas as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Richmond (7.8.50) were defeated by Collingwood (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 28 September 1929
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 63,336

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.8.50 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 0 3 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Collingwood 6 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 6 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin COLL by 27 COLL by 27 COLL by 25 COLL by 29 COLL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dooley Lilburne
Coach: Frank Hughes

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Harry Chesswas
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Goal Umpires

T. Phillips
R. Treloar

Boundary Umpires

W. Beckwith
J. Campbell

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Dunne, Tom ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 1 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
7 Ryan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Ahern, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
10 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
6 Collier, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 5 ?
16 Lauder, Albert ? ? 0 ?
17 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
18 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
20 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 13

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