1939 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 122.0%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Marcus Whelan (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Todd (98)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Marcus Whelan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Harry Collier

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Balfour, Don #3 20 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Campbell, Norm #4 15 R01-R02, R07-R09, R11-R17, SF, PF, GF 1
Carmody, Jack #5 3 R14, R18, SF 0
Collier, Albert #2 16 R06-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Collier, Harry #1 19 R01-R15, R18, SF, PF, GF 12
Dawson, Stan #5 3 R01-R03 1
Doherty, Vin #6 9 R03-R08, R10, PF, GF 7
Dowling, Ron #7 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 1
Fothergill, Des #8 18 R01, R04, R06-R18, SF, PF, GF 51
Fricker, Pat #26 4 R10-R11, PF, GF 0
Froude, Fred #9 6 R03, R10-R13, PF 0
Green, Jack #27 17 R02-R06, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Hill, Les #11 5 R08-R11, R14 0
Hill, Ted #31 2 R05-R06 0
Hocking, Gordon #10 17 R04-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Knight, Jack #11 19 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 15
Kyne, Phonse #13 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 8
McCrae, Cliff #14 3 R13-R14, GF 7
Morgan, Leo #14 5 R01, R05, R16-R18 1
Morison, Jock #29 5 R05-R06, R11, R13-R14 0
Murphy, Jack #29 16 R02, R04-R07, R09-R10, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 5
Naismith, Herb #15 4 R03-R04, R10, R16 0
Pannam, Alby #16 14 R01-R14 42
Powell, Harold #17 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 26
Regan, Jack #18 19 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Ross, Jack #19 14 R01-R09, R12, R15-R17, GF 0
Shields, Clarrie #20 1 R10 0
Stackpole, Keith #26 3 R01-R03 0
Todd, Ron #21 19 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 121
Unwin, Bill #22 9 R01-R04, R15-R18, SF 3
Whelan, Marcus #28 20 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Williams, Alan #24 16 R01-R02, R07-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Woods, Bervin #25 19 R01-R12, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 2

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Murphy Jack Regan Gordon Hocking
Half-Back: Jack Ross Alan Williams Don Balfour
Centre: Pat Fricker Marcus Whelan Norm Campbell
Half-Forward: Cliff McCrae Phonse Kyne Vin Doherty
Forward: Des Fothergill Ron Todd Jack Knight
Follower: Albert Collier Bervin Woods Harry Collier
Interchange: Jack Green

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 16 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 31 Jock McHale Harry Collier
29/04/1939 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 39 Jock McHale Harry Collier
06/05/1939 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 15 Jock McHale Harry Collier
13/05/1939 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 37 Jock McHale Harry Collier
20/05/1939 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 37 Jock McHale Harry Collier
27/05/1939 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 19 Jock McHale Harry Collier
03/06/1939 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 36 Jock McHale Harry Collier
10/06/1939 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 39 Jock McHale Harry Collier
17/06/1939 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 27 Jock McHale Harry Collier
24/06/1939 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 94 Jock McHale Harry Collier
01/07/1939 Round 11 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 57 Jock McHale Harry Collier
08/07/1939 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 11 Jock McHale Harry Collier
15/07/1939 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 64 Jock McHale Harry Collier
22/07/1939 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 17 Jock McHale Harry Collier
05/08/1939 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 27 Jock McHale Harry Collier
12/08/1939 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 31 Jock McHale unknown
19/08/1939 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 8 Jock McHale unknown
02/09/1939 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 32 Jock McHale Harry Collier
16/09/1939 Semi Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 14 Jock McHale Harry Collier
23/09/1939 Preliminary Final St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 29 Jock McHale Harry Collier
30/09/1939 Grand Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 53 Jock McHale Harry Collier