1938 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 17 September 1938 between Geelong and Collingwood in the preliminary final of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Albert Collier captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Geelong (14.14.98) were defeated by Collingwood (21.9.135).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 17 September 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,956

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Collingwood
Score: 14.14.98 - 21.9.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 6 5 . 9 11 . 13 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Collingwood 5 . 0 10 . 5 15 . 7 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Margin COLL by 18 COLL by 26 COLL by 18 COLL by 37 COLL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Collingwood

Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 3 ?
25 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Dyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 6 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 4 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Doherty, Vin ? ? 1 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 5 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
20 Knight, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 11 ?
23 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 9

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