1938 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 106.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Gordon Jones (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Smith (80)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Norm Smith

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain(s): Jack Mueller

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baggott, Ron #15 12 R01-R05, R11-R13, R15-R18 32
Barassi, Ron #31 13 R01-R08, R11-R15 18
Beames, Percy #24 16 R01-R10, R12-R14, R16-R18 37
Buckley, Ted #33 13 R01-R02, R05-R12, R14-R16 2
Catton, Len #10 2 R03-R04 0
Dean, Harden #29 2 R17-R18 0
Emselle, Richie #9 14 R04-R11, R13-R18 3
Fischer, Rowley #8 15 R01, R04-R06, R08-R18 2
Foster, Jack #30 1 R03 0
Furniss, Jack #26 16 R01-R10, R12-R14, R16-R18 0
Gibb, Maurie #10 5 R14-R18 2
Glass, Eric #16 8 R03-R04, R06-R10, R13 13
Harley, Harry #22 6 R11-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 2
Hingston, Dick #32 14 R03-R04, R06-R17 0
Jones, Gordon #1 15 R01-R10, R12-R13, R16-R18 0
Jones, Les #13 14 R01-R04, R06-R13, R17-R18 9
La Fontaine, Allan #17 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 4
Lewis, Johnny #3 12 R01-R02, R05-R10, R12-R14, R16 3
Lock, Wally #18 17 R02-R18 2
Maher, Jack #14 9 R03, R06-R12, R15 5
McNamara, Pat #28 10 R01-R03, R05-R08, R11-R12, R15 0
McNaughton, Geoff #21 2 R07, R09 0
Meehl, Sid #11 1 R11 0
Mueller, Jack #12 13 R01-R05, R10-R16, R18 7
Murnane, Hugh #7 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 11
Regan, Ted #25 4 R01-R02, R04-R05 0
Reiffel, Lou #2 10 R01-R04, R09-R11, R14-R16 18
Roberts, Frank #19 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 0
Smith, Norm #4 18 R01-R18 80
Truscott, Keith #5 11 R01-R05, R13-R18 4
Wartman, Ray #23 18 R01-R18 3
Williams, Frank #20 2 R17-R18 1

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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 18 11 -0- 7 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 17 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
30/04/1938 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 19 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
07/05/1938 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 33 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
14/05/1938 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 52 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
21/05/1938 Round 5 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 4 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
28/05/1938 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 5 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
04/06/1938 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 14 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
11/06/1938 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 30 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
18/06/1938 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 16 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
25/06/1938 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 21 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
02/07/1938 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 6 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
09/07/1938 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 18 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
23/07/1938 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 1 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
30/07/1938 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 3 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
06/08/1938 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 29 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
13/08/1938 Round 16 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 40 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
20/08/1938 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 17 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
27/08/1938 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 9 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine