1937 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 131.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Mueller (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Baggott (47)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Jack Mueller

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain(s): Johnny Lewis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Backway, Fred #21 1 R14 0
Baggott, Ron #15 18 R01-R12, R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 51
Ball, Jock #29 1 R17 0
Barassi, Ron #31 14 R01-R13, R16 24
Beames, Percy #24 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 44
Buckley, Ted #33 16 R05-R18, SF, PF 1
Chandler, Bert #25 11 R09-R18, PF 0
Coolahan, Jack #20 3 R10-R12 1
Emselle, Richie #9 3 R02, R04, R09 0
Fischer, Rowley #8 17 R01-R11, R13-R15, R18, SF, PF 4
Foster, Jack #30 4 R06, R12, R16-R17 1
Furniss, Jack #26 6 R01-R05, R10 0
Gibb, Maurie #14 10 R01-R07, R13-R15 15
Glass, Eric #16 8 R01-R03, R08, R12-R13, R16-R17 17
Jones, Gordon #1 15 R04-R15, R18, SF, PF 0
Jones, Les #13 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 14
Kinnear, Joe #6 10 R01-R08, SF, PF 0
La Fontaine, Allan #17 17 R01-R08, R10-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 3
Lewis, Johnny #3 17 R01-R03, R05-R12, R15-R18, SF, PF 4
Lock, Wally #18 13 R01-R04, R06, R13-R18, SF, PF 8
Long, Harry #20 8 R13-R18, SF, PF 0
McNamara, Pat #28 17 R01-R11, R15-R18, SF, PF 0
Mueller, Jack #12 19 R01-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 16
Murnane, Hugh #7 17 R01-R11, R13-R16, R18, SF 14
Ogden, Gordon #32 17 R01, R03-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Penberthy, Stan #27 11 R09, R11-R18, SF, PF 0
Reiffel, Lou #2 8 R01-R02, R09, R15-R18, SF 22
Reilly, Beres #11 3 R12-R14 1
Roberts, Frank #19 15 R03-R16, PF 4
Smith, Norm #4 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 45
Truscott, Keith #5 12 R07-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF 7
Wartman, Ray #23 9 R01-R08, R11 4

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 15 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/04/1937 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 26 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
01/05/1937 Round 2 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 85 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
08/05/1937 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 36 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
15/05/1937 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 5 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
22/05/1937 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 25 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
29/05/1937 Round 6 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 22 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
05/06/1937 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 122 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
14/06/1937 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 23 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
19/06/1937 Round 9 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 33 Frank Hughes Johnny Lewis
26/06/1937 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 39 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
03/07/1937 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 6 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
10/07/1937 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 14 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
17/07/1937 Round 13 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 16 Frank Hughes unknown
24/07/1937 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
31/07/1937 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 40 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
14/08/1937 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Frank Hughes Johnny Lewis
21/08/1937 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 31 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
28/08/1937 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 39 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
11/09/1937 Semi Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 12 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
18/09/1937 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 55 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine