1936 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1936 between Geelong and Melbourne during round three of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Percy Beames as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Dibbs and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (14.18.102) defeated Melbourne (4.8.32).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 May 1936
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 14.18.102 - 4.8.32

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 4 . 9 7 . 11 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Melbourne 2 . 0 3 . 3 4 . 4 4 . 8 4 . 8 (32)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 70 GEEL by 70
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Dibbs

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
6 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 5 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 1 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
11 Johnson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Kuhlken, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 0 ?
12 Muller, Nick ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 1 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
6 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 8

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