1938 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 117.6%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Marcus Boyall (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Todd (102)
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
Balfour, Don #3 13 R08-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Booth, Frank #3 6 R01-R03, R06, R08, R14 2
Bowyer, Percy #3 5 R01-R05 0
Boyall, Marcus #4 18 R01-R04, R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Carmody, Jack #5 13 R01-R03, R05, R08-R14, PF, GF 2
Collier, Albert #2 8 R01-R03, R14-R16, PF, GF 1
Collier, Harry #1 7 R01-R07 2
Dawson, Stan #31 5 R07, R12, R16-R18 5
Doherty, Vin #7 17 R01-R03, R06, R08, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 17
Dowling, Ron #7 18 R04-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Fothergill, Des #8 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 65
Fricker, Pat #26 13 R02-R10, R12-R13, R17-R18 0
Froude, Fred #9 17 R01-R04, R08-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Green, Jack #27 2 R15, R17 0
Hocking, Gordon #10 11 R08, R10-R15, R18, SF, PF, GF 8
Jones, Harry #13 6 R01, R05-R07, R10-R11 4
Knight, Jack #20 7 R06-R09, R11, PF, GF 5
Kyne, Phonse #13 20 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 14
Morgan, Leo #14 13 R04, R06-R07, R10-R13, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Murphy, Jack #29 5 R04, R07-R10 1
Naismith, Herb #15 6 R04-R05, R10-R13 8
Pannam, Alby #16 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 54
Pearce, Fred #36 4 R06-R09 1
Powell, Harold #17 13 R03-R09, R14-R18, SF 5
Regan, Jack #18 13 R01-R05, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Riley, Lou #21 7 R01-R06, R09 3
Ross, Jack #19 18 R01, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Ryan, Alan #25 9 R10-R17, SF 2
Shields, Clarrie #20 6 R01-R03, R05, R07, R09 0
Stackpole, Keith #25 5 R01-R02, R11, R13, SF 3
Todd, Ron #21 20 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 120
Unwin, Bill #22 2 R09, R14 0
Whelan, Marcus #23 17 R02-R07, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Williams, Alan #24 12 R04-R07, R11, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Woods, Bervin #25 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 1

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 14 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 18 Jock McHale Harry Collier
30/04/1938 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 53 Jock McHale Harry Collier
07/05/1938 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 10 Jock McHale Harry Collier
14/05/1938 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 41 Jock McHale Harry Collier
21/05/1938 Round 5 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 16 Jock McHale Harry Collier
28/05/1938 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 82 Jock McHale Harry Collier
04/06/1938 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 14 Jock McHale Harry Collier
11/06/1938 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 26 Jock McHale unknown
18/06/1938 Round 9 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 22 Jock McHale unknown
25/06/1938 Round 10 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 5 Jock McHale unknown
02/07/1938 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 12 Jock McHale unknown
09/07/1938 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 6 Jock McHale unknown
23/07/1938 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 1 Jock McHale unknown
30/07/1938 Round 14 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 13 Jock McHale unknown
06/08/1938 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 40 Jock McHale unknown
13/08/1938 Round 16 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 20 Jock McHale unknown
20/08/1938 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 54 Jock McHale unknown
27/08/1938 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 9 Jock McHale unknown
03/09/1938 Semi Final Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 41 Jock McHale unknown
17/09/1938 Preliminary Final Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 37 Jock McHale unknown
24/09/1938 Grand Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 15 Jock McHale Albert Collier