1937 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1937 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round fifteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. Bill Mohr captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Melbourne (18.16.124) defeated St Kilda (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 31 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,904

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 18.16.124 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 9 . 8 13 . 14 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
St Kilda 3 . 4 7 . 9 9 . 12 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 11 MELB by 26 MELB by 40 MELB by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

St Kilda

Captain: Bill Mohr
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 6 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 5 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Bell, Paul ? ? 5 ?
17 Cole, Billy ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Hartnett, Pat ? ? 1 ?
5 Hender, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
7 Mackie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Roberts, William ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
33 Showell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 1 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 18

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