1937 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1937 between Melbourne and Geelong during round nine of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, vice-captain Johnny Lewis captained the hosts. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (9.17.71) were defeated by Geelong (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,376

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 9.17.71 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 7 6 . 10 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Geelong 6 . 3 10 . 4 13 . 12 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin GEEL by 31 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Johnny Lewis (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (ac) ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 4 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 3 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
31 Miller, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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