1935 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1935 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round five of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Colin Niven captained the hosts with Allan La Fontaine as vice-captain. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (9.15.69) were defeated by Collingwood (13.20.98).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 25 May 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,057

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.15.69 - 13.20.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 5 3 . 8 5 . 9 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Collingwood 1 . 4 5 . 10 10 . 18 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 14 COLL by 39 COLL by 29 COLL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 15

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Carter, George ? ? 3 ?
7 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
8 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
10 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Doherty, Vin ? ? 1 ?
14 Fraser, Keith ? ? 0 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
18 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
25 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Riley, Lou ? ? 3 ?
22 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 20

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