1936 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 118.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by South Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan La Fontaine (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Eric Glass (50)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Allan La Fontaine

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain(s): Percy Beames

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baggott, Ron #15 14 R01-R06, R12-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF 26
Ball, Jock #29 2 R04-R05 0
Barassi, Ron #31 4 R07, R09, R18, SF 0
Beames, Percy #24 14 R01-R13, PF 17
Bennett, Jack #10 10 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10, R12-R13 10
Deague, Bill #5 18 R01-R02, R04-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 2
Dean, Harden #11 1 R18 0
Feltscheer, Ken #22 2 R13-R14 0
Fischer, Rowley #8 15 R01-R02, R04, R06-R09, R11-R12, R14-R17, SF, PF 1
Foster, Jack #30 12 R01-R03, R06-R08, R13-R17, PF 8
Furniss, Jack #26 16 R03-R11, R14-R18, SF, PF 1
Gibb, Maurie #14 19 R01-R18, SF 18
Glass, Eric #16 19 R01, R03-R18, SF, PF 56
Harrison, Jack #6 2 R02-R03 2
Jones, Gordon #1 2 R05, R13 1
Jones, Les #13 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 23
Kelly, Frank #25 3 R03-R04, PF 1
Kinnear, Joe #6 6 R09-R14 0
La Fontaine, Allan #17 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF 11
Lewis, Johnny #3 17 R01-R03, R05-R12, R15-R18, SF, PF 11
Lock, Wally #18 10 R10-R18, SF 1
Long, Harry #20 9 R02-R04, R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Longhurst, Charlie #9 3 R01, R09-R10 0
McNamara, Pat #28 17 R02, R04-R08, R10-R18, SF, PF 0
Meehl, Sid #11 5 R01-R02, R04-R05, R09 0
Mueller, Jack #12 18 R01-R12, R15-R18, SF, PF 5
Ogden, Gordon #32 16 R01, R03-R04, R06-R12, R14-R17, SF, PF 0
Ralston, Bill #21 5 R04-R06, R13-R14 2
Reiffel, Lou #2 16 R01-R03, R08-R18, SF, PF 31
Roberts, Archie #27 4 R06-R08, R15 0
Roberts, Frank #19 18 R01-R11, R14-R18, SF, PF 1
Smith, Norm #4 11 R07-R14, R16-R18 28
Taylor, Bert #35 13 R01-R03, R05, R11-R16, R18, SF, PF 7
Wartman, Ray #23 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 7

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Hughes, Frank 20 13 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1936 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 21 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
09/05/1936 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 48 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
16/05/1936 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 70 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
23/05/1936 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 39 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
30/05/1936 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 47 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
06/06/1936 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 16 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
13/06/1936 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 22 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
20/06/1936 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 30 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
27/06/1936 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
11/07/1936 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 44 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
18/07/1936 Round 11 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 9 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
25/07/1936 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 52 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
01/08/1936 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 6 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
08/08/1936 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 5 Frank Hughes unknown
15/08/1936 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 50 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
22/08/1936 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 62 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
29/08/1936 Round 17 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 7 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
05/09/1936 Round 18 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 17 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
12/09/1936 Semi Final Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 9 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
26/09/1936 Preliminary Final South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 26 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine