1929 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1929 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round three of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Harry Chesswas as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Jim Caldwell.

Collingwood (19.20.134) defeated South Melbourne (4.14.38).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 May 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.20.134 - 4.14.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 6 7 . 11 13 . 15 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
South Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 8 4 . 9 4 . 14 4 . 14 (38)
Margin COLL by 34 COLL by 39 COLL by 60 COLL by 96 COLL by 96
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jim Caldwell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Conniff

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
10 Clayden, George ? ? 2 ?
5 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
6 Collier, Harry ? ? 3 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 11 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibbs, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Lauder, Albert ? ? 0 ?
17 Libbis, Billy ? ? 3 ?
22 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 19 20

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bollman, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Forbes, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Hillis, Ron ? ? 1 ?
32 Hutton, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Petchell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
40 Poole, Eric ? ? 0 ?
5 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Richardson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Robertson, Austin ? ? 0 ?
26 Scott, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Twyford, Jack ? ? 1 ?
34 Wheelahan, Danny ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 14

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