1959 VFL Round 18: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1959 between Geelong and Collingwood during round 18 of the 1959 VFL season. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Kardinia Park. Neil Trezise captained the hosts. Frank Tuck captained the visitors with Murray Weideman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Geelong
N. Trezise (capt.), L. Borrack, T. Boulton, C. Brown, B. Gazzard, B. Goggin, M. Goggin, K. Goodland, R. Hovey, G. McGrath, R. Murray, A. Perry, F. Pomeroy, C. Rice, H. Routley, B. Sharp, J. Thomas, P. Vinar, F. Wooller, J. Yeates

Collingwood
F. Tuck (capt.), M. Weideman (vice-capt.), B. Beers, I. Brewer, J. Carmody, M. Delanty, B. Dorman, R. Gabelich, B. Gray, B. Harrison, J. Henderson, E. Hutchesson, R. Kingston, P. Lucas, T. Merrett, R. Reeves, B. Serong, H. Sullivan, B. Thripp, M. Twomey

Geelong (5.8.38) were defeated by Collingwood (17.19.121).

Goalkickers
Geelong: L. Borrack, K. Goodland, R. Hovey, N. Trezise, F. Wooller
Collingwood: I. Brewer (3), B. Dorman (3), T. Merrett (3), M. Weideman (3), B. Beers (2), B. Gray, J. Henderson, B. Thripp

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 10th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 29 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,822

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.8.38 - 17.19.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 4 2 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Collingwood 2 . 3 5 . 9 10 . 17 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 22 COLL by 46 COLL by 83 COLL by 83
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Reg Hickey (Geelong), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captains: Neil Trezise (Geelong), Frank Tuck (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Murray Weideman (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Irving

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 1 ?
38 Boulton, Tony ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
49 Murray, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Perry, Alex ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
45 Routley, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
50 Sharp, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 1 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Beers, Brian ? ? 2 ?
6 Brewer, Ian ? ? 3 ?
39 Carmody, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Delanty, Mike ? ? 0 ?
35 Dorman, Brian ? ? 3 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Gray, Brian ? ? 1 ?
32 Harrison, Barry ? ? 0 ?
10 Henderson, John ? ? 1 ?
12 Hutchesson, Errol ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 3 ?
16 Reeves, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Serong, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Thripp, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Tuck, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
2 Weideman, Murray (vc) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 19

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