1935 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1935 between Geelong and Melbourne during round two of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Colin Niven captained the visitors with Allan La Fontaine as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Percy Parratt and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (14.20.104) defeated Melbourne (16.6.102).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 14.20.104 - 16.6.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 8 . 11 13 . 15 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 3 11 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Percy Parratt

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven
Vice-Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 1 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Holden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Lamb, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
7 McGregor, Alex ? ? 1 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 2 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 7 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Tucker, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Backway, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 9 ?
15 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
35 Sweeney, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 6

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