1937 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1937 between Melbourne and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, Percy Beames captained the hosts with, in the absence of Johnny Lewis, Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Keith Forbes captained the visitors with Len Webster as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Melbourne (11.13.79) defeated Essendon (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,449

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 4 10 . 7 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 1 . 4 3 . 9 5 . 10 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 7 MELB by 27 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (ac) ? ? 3 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 1 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
11 Reilly, Beres ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 3 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
15 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Watts, Ray ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 15

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