1937 VFL Season Round 16: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1937 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Harry Collier captained the hosts with Albert Collier as vice-captain. In the absence of Allan La Fontaine, vice-captain Johnny Lewis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Collingwood (21.16.142) were defeated by Melbourne (22.21.153).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Melbourne
Score: 21.16.142 - 22.21.153

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 8 . 4 13 . 8 19 . 14 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
Melbourne 4 . 6 9 . 13 13 . 15 22 . 21 22 . 21 (153)
Margin COLL by 22 COLL by 19 COLL by 35 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Melbourne

Captain: Johnny Lewis (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 1 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 3 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 2 ?
10 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 1 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Jones, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 2 ?
17 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 5 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Ryan, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 1 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 3 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (ac) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 8 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 22 21

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