1940 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1940 between Collingwood and Geelong during round two of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. In the absence of Jack Regan, vice-captain Phonse Kyne captained the hosts with Jack Ross as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Collingwood (11.13.79) were defeated by Geelong (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Geelong
Score: 11.13.79 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Geelong 5 . 4 5 . 6 10 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin GEEL by 26 level GEEL by 4 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Phonse Kyne (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Ross (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Thomas

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Barrett, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
3 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 1 ?
6 Fothergill, Des ? ? 4 ?
7 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
8 Green, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
14 Knott, Dan ? ? 0 ?
15 Kyne, Phonse (ac) ? ? 1 ?
16 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
19 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pannam, Alby ? ? 1 ?
24 Ross, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

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 ? ? 1 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 6 ?
12 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 3 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Wills, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 10

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