1937 VFL Season Round 14: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1937 between Carlton and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Jim Francis captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Rowe and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (16.24.120) defeated Melbourne (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 16.24.120 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 4 10 . 10 15 . 16 16 . 24 16 . 24 (120)
Melbourne 6 . 4 10 . 5 12 . 7 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin level CARL by 5 CARL by 27 CARL by 16 CARL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Percy Rowe

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Bullen, Horrie ? ? 2 ?
4 Cashin, Norm ? ? 0 ?
33 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 2 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
20 Farrelly, Pat ? ? 4 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Shea, Keith ? ? 3 ?
25 Shields, Arch ? ? 0 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Backway, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
11 Reilly, Beres ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 8

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