1937 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1937 between Collingwood and Geelong during round one of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Harry Collier captained the hosts with Albert Collier as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Collingwood (15.16.106) defeated Geelong (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 April 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 15.16.106 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 4 5 . 9 10 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Geelong 2 . 3 2 . 8 9 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin COLL by 1 COLL by 19 COLL by 11 COLL by 16 COLL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 1 ?
6 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Crowe, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 0 ?
12 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
17 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 3 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Riley, Lou ? ? 1 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 6 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 2 ?
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 ? ? 1 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 3 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 1 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 12

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