1937 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1937 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round eleven of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. Laurie Nash captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Melbourne (13.10.88) defeated South Melbourne (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,638

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 13.10.88 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 1 9 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
South Melbourne 5 . 1 7 . 2 8 . 12 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 15 MELB by 7 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Laurie Nash
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 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 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 10

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Allen, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Brain, Terry ? ? 1 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 1 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
4 Hedge, Alf ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Johnson, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 4 ?
1 Nash, Laurie (c) ? ? 4 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 0 ?
16 Robertson, Austin ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Welch, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 16

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