1937 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1937 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the preliminary final of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (7.10.52) were defeated by Collingwood (16.11.107).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 18 September 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,616

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.10.52 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Collingwood 5 . 2 6 . 4 12 . 6 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin COLL by 18 COLL by 1 COLL by 29 COLL by 55 COLL by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Johnny Lewis
Coach: Frank Hughes

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
6 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 7 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 2 ?
10 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 3 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 3 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 11

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