1937 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1937 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round five 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 (13.23.101) defeated Collingwood (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 22 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,823

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 13.23.101 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 10 8 . 14 13 . 23 13 . 23 (101)
Collingwood 4 . 1 6 . 5 7 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin COLL by 9 COLL by 7 MELB by 10 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
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

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
6 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 1 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 3 ?
7 Crowe, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 3 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Jones, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 1 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Riley, Lou ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 10

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