1931 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 October 1931 between Geelong and Carlton in the preliminary final of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at the MCG. Ted Baker captained the hosts. Colin Martyn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Clymo and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Geelong (11.17.83) defeated Carlton (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 3 October 1931
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,653

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Carlton
Score: 11.17.83 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 0 8 . 9 10 . 10 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Carlton 7 . 5 8 . 6 10 . 11 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin CARL by 47 GEEL by 3 CARL by 1 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ted Baker
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Carlton

Captain: Colin Martyn
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 3 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
8 Llewellyn, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 1 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 4 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 17

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Arthur, Vin ? ? 1 ?
31 Clarke, Ansell ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
23 Crowe, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Davey, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
19 Doyle, Alex ? ? 1 ?
27 Egan, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Gilby, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
15 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
10 Kelleher, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Joe ? ? 1 ?
28 Little, Eric ? ? 0 ?
2 Martyn, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrissey, George ? ? 1 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 3 ?
29 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

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