1936 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1936 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round four of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Percy Beames as vice-captain. Ivan McAlpine captained the visitors with Ernie Loveless as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Ivan McAlpine.

Melbourne (16.20.116) defeated Hawthorn (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 23 May 1936
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 10,152

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 16.20.116 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 8 7 . 11 13 . 17 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Hawthorn 2 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 6 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 11 MELB by 35 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Ivan McAlpine
Vice-Captain: Ernie Loveless
Coach: Ivan McAlpine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (vc) ? ? 2 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 4 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Ralston, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 20

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Abikhair, Dick HBFR ? 0 ?
9 Allison, Neil WL ? 0 ?
32 Bravo, Steve FPR ? 2 ?
24 De Luca, Alby CHF ? 3 ?
25 Dower, George CHB ? 0 ?
21 Ford, Bill RU ? 0 ?
14 Hillard, Norm HFFR ? 0 ?
22 Hurley, Alf FPL ? 1 ?
4 Lonsdale, Clarrie HBFL ? 0 ?
17 Loveless, Ernie (vc) BPR ? 0 ?
29 Maskell, Harold SUB↑ ? 0 ?
1 McAlpine, Ivan (c) HFFL ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert RU ? 0 ?
15 Mitchell, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Leo FB ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 1 ?
7 Randall, Viv WR ? 0 ?
26 Ripper, Bill FF↓ ? 4 ?
3 Spinks, Stan C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 11

H. Maskell replaced B. Ripper during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 J. Mitchell 16 L. Murphy 17 E. Loveless (vc)













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



4 C. Lonsdale 25 G. Dower 27 D. Abikhair













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 N. Allison 3 S. Spinks 7 V. Randall









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 B. Ford 29 H. Maskell
HALF-FORWARD 12 B. Mills

1 I. McAlpine (c) 24 A. De Luca 14 N. Hillard 19 T. Pool











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 A. Hurley 26 B. Ripper 32 S. Bravo













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Ivan McAlpine