1932 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1932 between Melbourne and Geelong during round four of the 1932 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the Motordrome. Frank Vine captained the hosts with Jim Abernethy as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (14.11.95) were defeated by Geelong (20.13.133).

Match Details

Season: 1932 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 21 May 1932
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Motordrome
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 14.11.95 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Geelong 8 . 3 14 . 5 17 . 8 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Margin GEEL by 42 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 43 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Vine
Vice-Captain: Jim Abernethy
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
George Margitich MELB 3 3
Bill Kuhlken GEEL 1 2
George Moloney GEEL 14 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim (vc) ? ? 1 ?
8 Adams, Bill ? ? 2 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Davidson, Hec ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
17 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 8 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Sellers, Ike ? ? 0 ?
30 Steel, Howard ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 1 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

Geelong

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

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