1929 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1929 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Arthur Coghlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Tyson and the visitors were coached by Arthur Coghlan.

North Melbourne (8.6.54) were defeated by Geelong (12.20.92).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 April 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.6.54 - 12.20.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 6 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Geelong 3 . 8 7 . 9 9 . 16 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Margin GEEL by 18 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Tyson

Geelong

Captain: Arthur Coghlan
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Rodwell

Boundary Umpires

F. Axton

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Bray, Ed ? ? 1 ?
11 Bruce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
15 Dea, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
30 Evans, Percy ? ? 0 ?
4 Gibson, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
10 Heffernan, Neville ? ? 0 ?
26 Kavanagh, Ben ? ? 2 ?
25 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
24 Mason, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
3 McCabe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Morrissey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Pitchford, Mac ? ? 1 ?
6 Rowe, Claude ? ? 1 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 0 ?
1 Tyson, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 6

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 2 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
4 Lancaster, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Plunkett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 White, Milton ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 20

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