1939 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1939 between Geelong and Collingwood during round twelve of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Corio Oval. 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 (18.12.120) defeated Collingwood (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 8 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 10,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 18.12.120 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 5 7 . 7 13 . 8 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Collingwood 3 . 3 7 . 7 14 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin COLL by 4 level COLL by 8 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 11
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

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 2 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 6 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Gross, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Leahy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 5 ?
27 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
2 Taylor, Percy ? ? 0 ?
30 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 3 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 5 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 0 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 6 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 1 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 13

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