1935 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1935 between Melbourne and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. In the absence of Colin Niven, vice-captain Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Percy Parratt.

Melbourne (11.11.77) defeated Geelong (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 July 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,817

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 11.11.77 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 5 9 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Geelong 1 . 3 2 . 6 2 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin MELB by 24 MELB by 35 MELB by 43 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Percy Parratt

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Boyd

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Lancaster, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
11 MacKay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 McGregor, Alex ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
2 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
33 Plunkett, Billy ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
30 Tucker, Neil ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 13

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s