1939 Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday, September 30th, 1939
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,110
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 21.22.148 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 10 . 10 15 . 14 21 . 22 21 . 22 (148)
Collingwood 6 . 5 10 . 6 13 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin COL by 18 MEL by 4 MEL by 17 MEL by 53 MEL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Frank Hughes (Melbourne), Jock McHale (Collingwood)
Captain(s): Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne), Harry Collier (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Coward, E: Bill Blackburn
Goal Umpire(s): Reginald Treloar, William Wetenhall
Boundary Umpire(s): John Lancaster, Charles Munton
Umpire Replacement(s): (1) Bill Blackburn replaced Allan Coward

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd WR ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron CHF ? 1 ?
11 Ball, Harold FPL ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy RO ? 4 ?
9 Emselle, Richie BPL ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley BPR ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack RU ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick HBFL ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon CHB ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les HFFL ? 3 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron RU ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan C ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack FB ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack SUB↑ ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank HBFR ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby FPR ? 4 ?
4 Smith, Norm FF ? 1 ?
5 Truscott, Keith HFFR ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray WL↓ ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 21 22

Ray Wartman was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Jack O'Keefe in the fourth quarter.

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don HBFR ? 1 ?
4 Campbell, Norm WR ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert RU ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry RO ? 0 ?
6 Doherty, Vin HFFR ? 1 ?
8 Fothergill, Des FPL ? 3 ?
26 Fricker, Pat WL ? 0 ?
27 Green, Jack SUB↑ ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon BPR ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack FPR ? 2 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse CHF ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff HFFL ? 1 ?
29 Murphy, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
18 Regan, Jack FB ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron FF ? 6 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus C ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan CHB ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin RU↓ ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 14 11

Bervin Woods was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Jack Green in the fourth quarter.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 J. Murphy 18 J. Regan 10 G. Hocking 26 J. Furniss 29 J. O'Keefe
30 A. Rodda 4 N. Smith 11 H. Ball 21 R. Kimberley

FORWARD 24 P. Beames

HALF-BACK



19 J. Ross 24 A. Williams 3 D. Balfour



5 K. Truscott 15 R. Baggott 13 L. Jones



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 P. Fricker 28 M. Whelan 4 N. Campbell



36 S. Anderson 17 A. La Fontaine (c) 23 R. Wartman FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 A. Collier 27 J. Green
HALF-FORWARD 25 B. Woods

14 C. McCrae 13 P. Kyne 6 V. Doherty 1 H. Collier (c)

19 F. Roberts 1 G. Jones 32 D. Hingston



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



8 D. Fothergill 21 R. Todd 11 J. Knight



8 R. Fischer 12 J. Mueller 9 R. Emselle



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Jock McHale

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