1939 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1939 between Collingwood and Geelong during round one of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Harry Collier captained the hosts with, in the absence of Albert Collier, deputy vice-captain Jack Regan as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Collingwood (18.14.122) defeated Geelong (14.7.91).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 18.14.122 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 5 9 . 6 11 . 10 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Geelong 7 . 0 9 . 1 12 . 4 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin GEEL by 13 COLL by 5 level COLL by 31 COLL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Jack Regan (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 4 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 2 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 3 ?
18 Regan, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 8 ?
22 Unwin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 3 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 1 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
13 Marsham, Alan ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 7

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