1937 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1937 between Melbourne and Carlton during round three of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. Ansell Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Percy Rowe.

Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated Carlton (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,831

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 15.17.107 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 7 13 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Carlton 1 . 3 5 . 7 8 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 18 MELB by 35 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Carlton

Captain: Ansell Clarke
Coach: Percy Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 17

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ayers, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Butler, Bert ? ? 1 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Clarke, Ansell (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
17 Davey, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
5 Dunn, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 0 ?
8 Shea, Keith ? ? 1 ?
25 Shields, Arch ? ? 1 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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