1937 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1937 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round ten of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Haydn Bunton captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (7.8.50) were defeated by Melbourne (11.23.89).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 11.23.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 4 . 7 5 . 11 7 . 17 11 . 23 11 . 23 (89)
Margin MELB by 22 level MELB by 18 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Haydn Bunton
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Bunworth, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Carroll, Vic ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
32 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 McConchie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 2 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 5 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 23

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