1939 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 128.4%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Mueller (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Smith (50)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Jack Mueller

Team Leaders

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

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Syd #36 11 R07-R09, R13-R18, SF, GF 8
Baggott, Ron #15 18 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, GF 34
Ball, Harold #11 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 30
Barassi, Ron #31 13 R01-R11, R18, SF 28
Baxter, Bill #3 3 R02-R03, R14 0
Beames, Percy #24 13 R05-R10, R14-R18, SF, GF 37
Buckley, Ted #33 9 R03-R09, R14, R17 0
Daly, Gerry #16 2 R10-R11 0
Dowsing, Roy #2 2 R14-R15 1
Emselle, Richie #9 17 R02-R13, R15-R18, GF 0
Fischer, Rowley #8 14 R01-R04, R07-R09, R12, R14-R17, SF, GF 4
Furniss, Jack #26 12 R01, R03-R04, R10-R14, R17-R18, SF, GF 1
Gibb, Maurie #10 6 R01-R06 5
Gibbs, Les #28 1 R12 0
Giles, Ian #6 6 R01-R03, R11-R13 0
Harley, Harry #22 14 R02-R14, R16 3
Hingston, Dick #32 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 0
Jones, Gordon #1 12 R01, R05-R07, R09, R14-R18, SF, GF 0
Jones, Les #13 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 23
Kimberley, Ron #21 11 R03-R04, R06, R10-R11, R13-R17, GF 3
La Fontaine, Allan #17 18 R01, R03-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 5
Lock, Wally #18 14 R01, R04-R13, R17-R18, SF 0
Maher, Jack #14 9 R02, R05, R09-R13, R17, SF 2
Mueller, Jack #12 16 R01-R13, R18, SF, GF 25
Murnane, Hugh #7 7 R01-R02, R10-R11, R15-R16, R18 6
O'Keefe, Jack #29 13 R05-R09, R13-R18, SF, GF 7
Reiffel, Lou #5 1 R01 2
Roberts, Frank #19 13 R01-R02, R05, R08, R10, R12-R16, R18, SF, GF 0
Rodda, Alby #30 9 R02, R04, R10-R12, R15-R17, GF 14
Smith, Norm #4 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 54
Symonds, Derek #35 1 R13 0
Truscott, Keith #5 17 R02-R04, R06-R08, R10-R18, SF, GF 10
Wartman, Ray #23 18 R01-R13, R15-R16, R18, SF, GF 7
Williams, Frank #20 1 R01 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Richie Emselle Jack Mueller Rowley Fischer
Half-Back: Dick Hingston Gordon Jones Frank Roberts
Centre: Ray Wartman Allan La Fontaine Syd Anderson
Half-Forward: Les Jones Ron Baggott Keith Truscott
Forward: Harold Ball Norm Smith Alby Rodda
Follower: Jack Furniss Ron Kimberley Percy Beames
Interchange: Jack O'Keefe

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 20 17 -0- 3 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 37 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
29/04/1939 Round 2 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
06/05/1939 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 31 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
13/05/1939 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 36 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
20/05/1939 Round 5 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 16 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
27/05/1939 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 107 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
03/06/1939 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 23 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
12/06/1939 Round 8 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 19 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
17/06/1939 Round 9 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 30 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
24/06/1939 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 94 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
01/07/1939 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 2 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
08/07/1939 Round 12 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 7 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
15/07/1939 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
22/07/1939 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 24 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
05/08/1939 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 42 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
12/08/1939 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 53 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
19/08/1939 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 4 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
02/09/1939 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 46 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
16/09/1939 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 14 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
30/09/1939 Grand Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 53 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine