1948 VFL Round 7: St Kilda v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1948 between St Kilda and Collingwood during round 7 of the 1948 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Collingwood at Junction Oval. Harold Bray captained the hosts. Phonse Kyne captained the visitors with, in the absence of Gordon Hocking, deputy vice-captain Lou Richards as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Fred Froude and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

St Kilda
H. Bray (capt.), P. Bennett, B. Cameron, K. Drinan, F. Green, B. Hancock, M. McBean, E. McIntyre, J. Meehan, T. Meehan, L. Millar, K. Mulhall, D. Murnane, D. Nisbet, K. O'Donnell, A. Olle, T. Richardson, J. Ross, A. Squire, B. Wilkie

Collingwood
P. Kyne (capt.), L. Richards (vice-capt.), G. Brokenshire, A. Denney, L. Fitzgerald, J. Hamilton, G. Hams, D. Healey, M. Holten, M. Horder, R. Jones, N. Mann, J. Pimm, R. Richards, J. Sales, S. Smith, J. Thompson, B. Twomey, C. Utting, K. Wade

St Kilda (4.12.36) were defeated by Collingwood (10.18.78).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: K. Mulhall (2), P. Bennett, A. Squire
Collingwood: J. Pimm (5), M. Horder (2), G. Brokenshire, L. Richards, J. Thompson

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: St Kilda v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 29 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Collingwood
Score: 4.12.36 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 3 3 . 7 4 . 8 4 . 12 4 . 12 (36)
Collingwood 3 . 5 4 . 12 6 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin COLL by 14 COLL by 11 COLL by 18 COLL by 42 COLL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Fred Froude (St Kilda), Jock McHale (Collingwood)
Captains: Harold Bray (St Kilda), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Lou Richards (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Cleland

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 ?
12 Bray, Harold (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
2 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 2 ?
14 Murnane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Richardson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 1 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Brokenshire, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
4 Denney, Alec ? ? 0 ?
5 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
9 Holten, Mac ? ? 0 ?
11 Horder, Max ? ? 2 ?
13 Jones, Ray ? ? 0 ?
1 Kyne, Phonse (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 Pimm, Jack ? ? 5 ?
21 Richards, Lou (avc) ? ? 1 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Sales, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Smith, Stan ? ? 0 ?
29 Thompson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
31 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

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