1929 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1929 between Collingwood and Richmond during round one of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Harry Chesswas as vice-captain. Dooley Lilburne captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Collingwood (15.2.92) defeated Richmond (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 27 April 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Richmond
Score: 15.2.92 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 0 9 . 0 13 . 0 15 . 2 15 . 2 (92)
Richmond 3 . 1 4 . 4 9 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 26 COLL by 17 COLL by 17 COLL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Richmond

Captain: Dooley Lilburne
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Reynolds

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Andrew, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 1 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
10 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
6 Collier, Harry ? ? 3 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 6 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibbs, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Harris, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Lauder, Albert ? ? 0 ?
17 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
22 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Frank ? ? 3 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 2

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
21 McCormack, Jack ? ? 5 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Oakley, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 9

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