1938 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 74.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Jock Cordner (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Sel Murray (56)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Jock Cordner

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Forbes

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adamson, Jim #8 18 R01-R18 0
Anderson, Jack #27 12 R01-R03, R10-R18 3
Anderson, Stewart #10 3 R01, R05-R06 2
Baker, John #19 14 R04-R17 3
Bicknell, Jim #2 8 R01-R03, R06-R07, R12-R14 0
Carter, Wally #17 7 R01-R02, R07-R08, R16-R18 0
Cordner, Jock #6 15 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12-R17 2
Crapper, Frank #20 2 R01, R11 3
Crawford, Alan #16 7 R03-R05, R07-R10 0
Dyer, Sid #5 13 R04-R09, R12-R18 7
Ellis, Ted #15 18 R01-R18 8
Findlay, Bill #9 18 R01-R18 40
Forbes, Keith #1 18 R01-R18 29
Green, Harry #11 14 R03-R04, R07-R18 13
Hacker, Alf #30 9 R06-R09, R14-R18 0
Hardiman, Harry 1 R18 0
Jacobs, Les #14 3 R01-R03 0
Johnson, Lloyd #20 2 R02-R03 0
Jones, Herb #16 4 R11, R15-R17 0
Jory, Bill #10 1 R09 1
Kemp, Don #22 4 R01, R04-R06 1
Kennedy, George #18 13 R01-R02, R04, R09-R18 15
Lamborn, Chris #4 5 R07-R11 0
Lyons, Roy #33 2 R07-R08 1
McFarlane, Mick #28 18 R01-R18 0
McLeod, Ron #22 3 R01-R02, R09 1
Mitchell, Col #3 5 R01, R03-R06 0
Montgomery, Bill #23 12 R02-R04, R10-R18 0
Morcom, Eddie #26 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 5
Murray, Sel #24 16 R02-R12, R14-R18 56
O'Brien, Dally #13 2 R07-R08 2
Parks, Ossy #29 14 R05-R18 1
Rann, Ron 1 R18 0
Sitch, Roy #12 12 R03-R13, R15 0
Skinner, Charles #7 15 R01-R06, R10-R18 0
Stewart, Jim #20 3 R13-R14, R18 0
Stubbs, Frank #21 3 R01, R04-R05 1
Turner, Allen #32 5 R10-R14 4
Tyrrell, Leo #25 2 R02-R03 0
Whittam, Ben #32 3 R02, R05-R06 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)
Forbes, Keith 18 6 -0- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 77 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
30/04/1938 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 20 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
07/05/1938 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 89 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
14/05/1938 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 24 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
21/05/1938 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 10 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
28/05/1938 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 82 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
04/06/1938 Round 7 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 2 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
11/06/1938 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
18/06/1938 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 50 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
25/06/1938 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 42 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
02/07/1938 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 14 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
09/07/1938 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 4 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
23/07/1938 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 1 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
30/07/1938 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 55 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
06/08/1938 Round 15 Essendon AWAY WIN NOR by 17 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
13/08/1938 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 26 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
20/08/1938 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 54 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
27/08/1938 Round 18 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 35 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes