1929 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1929 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round eighteen of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. Syd Coventry captained the visitors with Harry Chesswas as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (5.10.40) were defeated by Collingwood (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 31 August 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,316

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.10.40 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Collingwood 2 . 4 4 . 7 9 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin COLL by 8 COLL by 10 COLL by 35 COLL by 56 COLL by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Comber, Mick ? ? 1 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
7 Driver, Vince ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 1 ?
22 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 1 ?
17 MacDonald, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 2 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry (vc) ? ? 3 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
14 Gibbs, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Libbis, Billy ? ? 2 ?
22 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Makeham, Bob ? ? 2 ?
19 Murphy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 12

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