1937 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1937 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round seven of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. Jim Adamson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Melbourne (25.16.166) defeated North Melbourne (5.14.44).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,906

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 25.16.166 - 5.14.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 12 . 7 17 . 13 25 . 16 25 . 16 (166)
North Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 5 4 . 9 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 56 MELB by 82 MELB by 122 MELB by 122
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 4 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 25 16

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Anderson, Stewart ? ? 3 ?
11 Bicknell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 1 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
18 Deller, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
11 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Johnson, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
21 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
24 Lyons, Roy ? ? 1 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
34 Penney, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Rogers, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Whittam, Ben ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 14

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