1929 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 1929 between Collingwood and Richmond in the second semi final of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at the MCG. 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 (8.13.61) were defeated by Richmond (18.15.123).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 14 September 1929
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,069

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Richmond
Score: 8.13.61 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 5 2 . 8 6 . 13 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Richmond 4 . 2 9 . 7 12 . 8 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 41 RICH by 31 RICH by 62 RICH by 62
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

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
10 Clayden, George ? ? 1 ?
5 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
6 Collier, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 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 ?
24 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
26 Wescott, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 5 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Dunne, Tom ? ? 1 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
26 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie ? ? 5 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Stan ? ? 1 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
29 Weidner, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 18 15

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