1939 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 91.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Jock Cordner, Sid Dyer (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Sel Murray (78)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Sid Dyer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Forbes

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adamson, Jim #8 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 0
Anderson, Jack #27 4 R01-R04 0
Baker, John #19 8 R01-R02, R05, R09-R11, R13-R14 0
Burke, Dave #7 1 R14 0
Carter, Wally #17 16 R01-R04, R06-R10, R12-R18 2
Clark, Eric #14 2 R15, R18 1
Cordner, Jock #6 15 R01-R09, R12-R17 1
Coward, George #30 2 R11, R18 0
Crapper, Frank #20 1 R05 2
Dalley, Geoff #11 2 R15, R18 1
Dyer, Sid #5 18 R01-R18 33
Ellis, Ted #15 9 R01-R03, R07, R12, R15-R18 3
Findlay, Bill #9 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 24
Forbes, Keith #1 13 R01, R03, R06-R16 21
Green, Harry #11 2 R01, R06 0
Harrison, Jack #10 15 R01-R04, R06-R14, R17-R18 5
Jeffrey, Neil #14 6 R01, R04-R05, R08, R16-R17 2
Jones, Herb #16 9 R05, R10-R14, R16-R18 4
Kemp, Don #22 15 R04-R18 3
Kennedy, George #18 18 R01-R18 32
Maltby, Arnold #4 2 R04-R05 0
McFarlane, Mick #28 8 R01-R08 0
Mitchell, Col #3 2 R03, R05 2
Montgomery, Bill #23 10 R01-R05, R13, R15-R18 0
Morcom, Eddie #26 18 R01-R18 2
Murray, Sel #24 18 R01-R18 78
O'Brien, Dally #13 3 R01-R02, R04 0
Parks, Ossy #29 17 R01-R17 3
Pierce, Charlie #2 1 R13 0
Rann, Ron #13 5 R10-R12, R14, R18 0
Roulent, Tom #3 13 R06-R18 2
Ryan, Reg #31 1 R11 0
Sitch, Roy #12 15 R02-R04, R06-R17 0
Skinner, Charles #7 14 R03-R12, R15-R18 0
Stewart, Jim #4 3 R09, R11, R18 2
Stubbs, Frank #21 12 R05-R08, R10-R17 1
Turner, Allen 1 R02 0
Tyrrell, Leo #25 4 R02-R03, R09-R10 1
Wells, Billy #2 6 R05-R10 2

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 16 5 -0- 11 R01-R16
Cusack, Ted 2 1 -0- 1 R17-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 9 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
29/04/1939 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 38 Keith Forbes unknown
06/05/1939 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 17 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
13/05/1939 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 36 Keith Forbes unknown
20/05/1939 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 29 Keith Forbes unknown
27/05/1939 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 13 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
03/06/1939 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 18 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
10/06/1939 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 14 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
17/06/1939 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 27 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
24/06/1939 Round 10 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 26 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
01/07/1939 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 48 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
08/07/1939 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 10 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
15/07/1939 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 37 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
22/07/1939 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
05/08/1939 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 42 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
12/08/1939 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 15 Keith Forbes Keith Forbes
19/08/1939 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Ted Cusack unknown
02/09/1939 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 11 Ted Cusack unknown