1931 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1931 between Geelong and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Ted Baker captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Clymo and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Geelong (11.11.77) defeated Melbourne (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 August 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 9,250

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 11.11.77 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 9 . 4 10 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 2 6 . 2 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin GEEL by 27 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ted Baker
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain: Dick Taylor
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Reg Hickey GEEL 18 3
Percy Beames MELB 24 2
George Moloney GEEL 14 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 1 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Max ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 6 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
26 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
9 Stokes, Mac ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 1 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Cutler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
31 Gough, Lew ? ? 0 ?
28 Jackson, Webber ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 2 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 2 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 9

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