1937 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1937 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. Alby Morrison captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Melbourne (15.15.105) defeated Footscray (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,553

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.15.105 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 3 10 . 10 12 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Footscray 1 . 0 2 . 3 8 . 8 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin MELB by 33 MELB by 55 MELB by 29 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 3 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 4 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Alsop, Noel ? ? 0 ?
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Dilks, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Glenister, Wally ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
35 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
36 Stephens, Billy ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 14

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