1937 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 129.0%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Regan (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gordon Coventry (56)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Des Fothergill

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Harry Collier

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bowyer, Percy #3 19 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Boyall, Marcus #4 13 R09-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Carmody, Jack #6 12 R01-R07, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Carter, George #5 5 R04, R06-R08, R15 0
Collier, Albert #2 12 R01-R05, R14-R17, SF, PF, GF 6
Collier, Harry #1 18 R01-R06, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 7
Coventry, Gordon #8 19 R02-R06, R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 72
Crowe, Jim #7 8 R01-R05, R07, R10-R11 0
Doherty, Vin #9 20 R01-R03, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 28
Dowling, Ron #10 11 R02-R04, R13-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Fothergill, Des #11 15 R06-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 28
Fricker, Pat #12 8 R01-R02, R06, R08-R09, R11-R12, R14 2
Froude, Fred #13 19 R01-R12, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Jones, Harry #14 9 R04-R05, R10-R16 3
Knight, Jack #12 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 18
Kyne, Phonse #16 14 R01-R07, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 9
Morgan, Leo #17 11 R01, R07-R13, R15-R16, R18 0
Murphy, Jack #18 5 R09-R13 1
Murphy, Len #19 10 R08-R14, R16, R18, GF 8
Pannam, Alby #16 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 49
Regan, Jack #22 20 R01-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Riley, Lou #23 8 R01, R03, R05, R07-R09, R13, R17 5
Ross, Jack #24 19 R01-R10, R12-R17, SF, PF, GF 0
Rumney, Harold #30 13 R06-R14, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Ryan, Alan #25 5 R03-R04, R08-R09, R16 0
Stackpole, Keith #26 8 R01-R07, R11 10
Todd, Ron #27 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 62
Whelan, Marcus #28 18 R01-R11, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Woods, Bervin #29 18 R01-R02, R05-R08, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 0

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)
McHale, Jock 21 15 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/04/1937 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 16 Jock McHale Harry Collier
01/05/1937 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 55 Jock McHale Harry Collier
08/05/1937 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 34 Jock McHale Harry Collier
15/05/1937 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 33 Jock McHale Harry Collier
22/05/1937 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 25 Jock McHale Harry Collier
29/05/1937 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 27 Jock McHale Harry Collier
05/06/1937 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 18 Jock McHale unknown
12/06/1937 Round 8 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 39 Jock McHale unknown
19/06/1937 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 21 Jock McHale unknown
26/06/1937 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 13 Jock McHale Harry Collier
03/07/1937 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 52 Jock McHale Harry Collier
10/07/1937 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 23 Jock McHale Harry Collier
17/07/1937 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 23 Jock McHale Harry Collier
24/07/1937 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 113 Jock McHale Harry Collier
31/07/1937 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 52 Jock McHale Harry Collier
14/08/1937 Round 16 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 11 Jock McHale Harry Collier
21/08/1937 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 10 Jock McHale Harry Collier
28/08/1937 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 38 Jock McHale Harry Collier
04/09/1937 Semi Final Richmond HOME WIN COL by 51 Jock McHale Harry Collier
18/09/1937 Preliminary Final Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 55 Jock McHale Harry Collier
25/09/1937 Grand Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 32 Jock McHale Harry Collier