1941 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 117.2%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan La Fontaine (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Smith (85)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Allan La Fontaine

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 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Archibald, George #14 2 R04, R15 0
Baggott, Ron #15 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 48
Baxter, Bill #3 3 R01-R03 0
Beames, Percy #24 18 R01-R16, SF, GF 29
Cordner, Don #21 2 SF, GF 0
Cordner, Ted #28 11 R10-R18, SF, GF 0
Daly, Gerry #27 12 R08-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 1
Dowsing, Roy #2 15 R01-R02, R05-R07, R09-R16, R18, SF 16
Dullard, Adrian #34 18 R02-R06, R08-R18, SF, GF 12
Ellis, Noel #35 2 R01-R02 0
Emselle, Richie #9 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Fischer, Rowley #8 14 R02-R04, R06-R08, R10-R16, SF 2
Gibb, Maurie #10 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 19
Gibbs, Les #31 2 R05-R06 4
Heal, Stan #1 8 R10, R12, R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 5
Hingston, Dick #32 16 R03-R13, R15-R18, SF 0
Jones, Les #13 1 R03 0
Kimberley, Ron #21 1 R01 0
La Fontaine, Allan #17 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 5
Lenne, George #13 7 R07-R10, R13, R15, R17 3
Lewis, Warren #11 4 R15, R17-R18, GF 0
Lock, Wally #18 16 R01-R03, R07-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 2
McGrath, Shane #22 18 R01-R14, R16-R17, SF, GF 0
McLean, Col #25 10 R01, R05-R09, R11, R14, R18, GF 0
McPherson, Hughie #16 2 R17-R18 0
Mueller, Jack #12 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 45
Neenan, Bernie #33 5 R01-R04, R09 8
O'Keefe, Jack #29 15 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18, GF 9
Roberts, Frank #19 8 R03-R08, R10, R12 0
Rodda, Alby #30 3 R02-R04 5
Smith, Norm #4 19 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 89
Wartman, Ray #23 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 15
White, Ron #5 2 R05, R07 0
Williams, Frank #20 1 R01 0
Wilson, Mac #26 5 R04-R07, R11 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)
Hughes, Frank 20 16 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/04/1941 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 24 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
03/05/1941 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 8 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
10/05/1941 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
17/05/1941 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 4 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
31/05/1941 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 40 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
07/06/1941 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 28 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
16/06/1941 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 27 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
21/06/1941 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 40 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
28/06/1941 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 13 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
05/07/1941 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 48 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
12/07/1941 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 47 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
19/07/1941 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 22 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
26/07/1941 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 51 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
02/08/1941 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 56 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
09/08/1941 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 16 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
16/08/1941 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 23 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
23/08/1941 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 17 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
30/08/1941 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 25 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
13/09/1941 Semi Final Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 27 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
27/09/1941 Grand Final Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 29 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine