1931 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1931 between Geelong and Carlton during round four of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Corio Oval. Ted Baker captained the hosts. Ray Brew captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Clymo and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Geelong (11.14.80) defeated Carlton (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 23 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Carlton
Score: 11.14.80 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 8 . 13 10 . 14 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Carlton 4 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin CARL by 10 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ted Baker
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Carlton

Captain: Ray Brew
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Len Metherell GEEL 3 3
Eric Huxtable CARL 9 2
Jack Collins GEEL 10 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

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

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Allen, Les ? ? 1 ?
30 Arthur, Vin ? ? 1 ?
26 Brew, Ray (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Clarke, Ansell ? ? 2 ?
1 Clover, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
17 Davey, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Downs, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
19 Doyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
27 Egan, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Gilby, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
15 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
2 Martyn, Colin ? ? 0 ?
33 Scharp, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 8

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