1947 VFL Round 14: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1947 between Collingwood and Geelong during round 14 of the 1947 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Phonse Kyne captained the hosts with Jack Murphy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Collingwood
P. Kyne (capt.), J. Murphy (vice-capt.), J. Burns, A. Denney, L. Fitzgerald, J. Green, G. Hocking, M. Holten, R. Horwood, R. Jones, R. Keegan, N. Mann, G. Moore, J. Pimm, L. Richards, R. Richards, S. Smith, B. Twomey, P. Twomey, C. Utting

Geelong
D. Bauer, D. Brown, K. Brown, A. Elliott, J. Fitzgerald, F. Flanagan, B. Harwood, P. Hunt, A. Irvine, A. Lindsay, M. Lynch, T. Morrow, G. Pike, R. Renfrey, N. Scott, S. Tate, L. Turner, Len White, Lindsay White, R. Wood

Collingwood (12.11.83) defeated Geelong (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: N. Mann (3), R. Keegan (2), L. Richards (2), P. Twomey (2), M. Holten, J. Murphy, S. Smith
Geelong: L. White (5), M. Lynch (4), D. Brown, A. Irvine

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 12.11.83 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 3 9 . 5 11 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Geelong 3 . 4 7 . 8 10 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 9 COLL by 3 COLL by 6 COLL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jock McHale (Collingwood), Tommy Quinn (Geelong)
Captains: Phonse Kyne (Collingwood), unknown (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Jack Murphy (Collingwood), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Denney, Alec ? ? 0 ?
5 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
9 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
9 Holten, Mac ? ? 1 ?
10 Horwood, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Jones, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 Keegan, Ray ? ? 2 ?
1 Kyne, Phonse (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Mann, Neil ? ? 3 ?
15 Moore, Guy ? ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
19 Pimm, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Richards, Lou ? ? 2 ?
21 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
25 Smith, Stan ? ? 1 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Twomey, Pat ? ? 2 ?
27 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 4 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Pike, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 5 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

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