1937 VFL Season Grand Final: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1937 between Geelong and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Geelong (18.14.122) defeated Collingwood (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 25 September 1937
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 88,540

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 18.14.122 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 8 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Collingwood 6 . 3 8 . 10 11 . 14 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin COLL by 18 COLL by 5 level GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Goal Umpires

J. Currie
W. Wetenhall

Boundary Umpires

J. Fitt
J. Lancaster

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 4 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 6 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 4 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 1 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
6 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 1 ?
10 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 1 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
19 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 4 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

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