1929 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1929 between Geelong and Melbourne during round two of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Arthur Coghlan captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Coghlan and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Geelong (12.15.87) defeated Melbourne (3.10.28).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 12.15.87 - 3.10.28

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 7 . 7 7 . 8 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Melbourne 1 . 3 2 . 3 3 . 9 3 . 10 3 . 10 (28)
Margin GEEL by 4 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 59 GEEL by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Arthur Coghlan
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Carr, Clem ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
22 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
28 McCrae, Henry ? ? 1 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 10

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