1936 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1936 between Melbourne and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, Les Jones captained the hosts. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (14.16.100) were defeated by Geelong (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 August 1936
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,229

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 14.16.100 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 9 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Geelong 2 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 9 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 13 MELB by 38 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Les Jones (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Feltscheer, Ken ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 5 ?
13 Jones, Les (ac) ? ? 0 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Ralston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Foley, Ashley ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 2 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 15

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